More from Moqui group camp

A bit of old business to get out of the way.
Bongo found a calculator.
He displayed it for us at Knoll Lake campground up on the Mogollon Rim.
This is just after the General Crook trail hike, at the campground, with the "adults".

Later we found the calculator's owner. Turns out he works with us...




Knoll Lake looking roughly east from the dam.











And...

Looking north over the dam down the itty-bitty stream below.

The campground is a good quarter mile from the lake - you can't reasonably carry watercraft that distance. Keep it strapped to the truck til you're ready hit the water.

The lake has an island, but the shores are precariously steep all the way around (as is common in a flooded canyon). You'd have to be really determined to camp on it.

Your Guide to Tonto National Forest - someday

I have a tentative deal with Menasha Ridge Press to write a guide book about day and overnight hikes in the Tonto National Forest.

Of course, I'll be taking Bongo along. In fact, I already have...


This is the trailhead to the Derrick Trail, which heads up from Upper Tonto Creek Campground, up the Mogollon Rim, until it meets the Highline Trail.

We made this hike the last day the campground was open.
We then went west on the Highline to Horton Springs, which is well worth the climb, and then back down to the campground via Horton Creek Trail.
Alas, my ca,mera pooped out before we even got to the top of the derrick, so I only have a few pictures. I like this one:

The Tonto National Forest has 167 trails listed on their website; probably 200 total, covering over 900 miles. I only need to do 40-50 of them.

Obviously, though, there will be more of this sort of thing to follow.


If you know a trail you think I should cover, let me know.