Lockett Meadow

Ok, I remembered to take a camera along on this trip, so here are the photos. We went to Lockett Meadow Campground in the Coconino Forest. The San Francisco Peaks are actually the remains of an extinct volcano. This great mountain was shattered by an explosion similar to the one that devastated Washington's Mt. Saint Helens in 1980.

This is the meadow. The campsites are in the middle of the aspens that are the lighter spot barely visible above the road on the right of the photo.

This is our campsite. My tent is the red one on the left, then Ben & Dierdre's is the yellow one in the middle & Steve & Darla's is the green one on the right. Megan & Jarod took down their tent before I could take a picture. They could only stay Friday night.

This is everyone at the top of the hiking trail. The building behind is a watershed. Left to right: Jarod, Megan, Dierdre, Ben, Steve, Darla, Marilyn, & Jay. Marilyn and Jay are Ben's parents and they came up just for the day on Saturday.



The guys found some fun fallen trees to play on. This one worked like a diving board. Very springy. It took a LOT of balance to walk out to the end and jump off.














You could get some serious height when bouncing off the end of the tree.