Tonto National Forest, Arizona
Tonto National Forest - Roosevelt Lake, Arizona March 11, 2026 I have never been a driver. My role on any adventure is navigation and logistics. These make much better use of my refined map reading skills and nearly obsessive attention to detail. I got a heavy dose of the GenX thirty-second attention span. With the privilege of being copilot comes the loss of some control of which route the driver may choose and when. In this case, this isn’t a bad thing. Mike is a great driver and I trust his judgement in this case. It’s our first proper day trip since we got the van. Our first few trips were glorified errand-running. Our errands happen to take us far. Over the river and through the woods, so to speak. Today’s trip marked the beginning of real-life maneuvers. This is not a drill. We started out about 9am and pointed the van toward Beeline Highway. The original plan was to switch back onto Globe-Roosevelt Highway to Tonto National Forest and Lake Roosevelt. Then head home via t...