For generations of Sun Devil Football players, Camp Tontozona has been a place for work.
There have been long practices, tired legs and countless hours spent preparing for the season ahead. There are stories from decades past about players who thrived at Camp T and others who found out just how demanding it could be.
But the memories made here don't belong only to the players.
For generations of Sun Devil fans, alumni and families, the trip to Camp Tontozona has become a tradition of its own. It has meant road trips with friends, days spent with family, autographs, photographs and stories that get told long after everyone makes the drive back down the mountain.
For Harry McFate, those memories stretch back nearly six decades.
McFate, a member of ASU's Class of 1968, has been attending Sun Devil games since the fall of that year. He held season tickets from 1979 through about 2006 and has made the trip to Camp Tontozona several times.
This year, he returned to Payson with his son, Mark McFate, and friend Harry McFadden.
From left to right: Mark McFate, Harry McFadden, and the elder Mark McFate pose with Forks Up from their spots on the hill at Camp Tontozona ahead of the Maroon and Gold scrimmage.
The younger McFate's connection to Sun Devil Football started almost immediately.
"I had to be one," he said when asked how old he was when his father first took him to a game. "Still in diapers, I've been going my whole life."
The two have since accumulated decades of Sun Devil memories, including a pair of trips to Pasadena separated by 10 years. The elder McFate attended ASU's victory over Michigan in the 1987 Rose Bowl, while his son made the trip for the Sun Devils' appearance in the 1997 Rose Bowl.
And Camp Tontozona has remained part of that connection.
"You talk to the players. This is something they really look forward to every year, coming up here," the elder McFate said. "Some of the kids, they don't have this environment at all, and they come up here and see this beautiful environment. They just love it."
His memories of Camp T stretch back to the Frank Kush era.
"Even back then, kids just couldn't wait to come up here," he said.
For McFadden, who graduated from ASU in 1983, the excitement surrounding the program is noticeable in a different way. A season-ticket holder for roughly 12 years, he has watched the atmosphere around Sun Devil Football change over the past several seasons.
"We've had two really good years with Kenny Dillingham," McFadden said. "Just the change and the enthusiasm when you're getting into the stadium, you've been able to notice it pretty quickly."
Now, he wants to see whether the Sun Devils can keep building.
"I'm just interested to see if Dillingham can keep the ball rolling," McFadden said. "That's pretty hard to do on a consistent basis."