Day 1 - Camping at Canyon Point

It's finally here! We can't wait to get out and enjoy our summer vacation. So hubby and I packed up the car and after the kids finished their last day of school, we drove up to Canyon Point Campground near Heber, Arizona. It was freezing up there so we only ended up sleeping there one night but we still had a great time.

Meals

This was just supposed to be a 2-night camping trip and we wanted to keep thing as simple as possible. Of course, camping involves a lot of prep and is never totally simple, but we kept the menu pretty easy. I didn't want to bring a camp stove so these are all things we could cook over the fire.

• Thursday Dinner: Hot Dogs & Chili w/ chips
• Friday Breakfast: Baggie Omletes & premade pancakes (warmed over the fire)
• Friday Lunch: PB&J's or Turkey & Cheese Sandwiches with fruit
• Friday Dinner: Quesadillas and Corn on the Cob
• Saturday Breakfast: premade Muffins and fruit

Hiking

Canyon Point is a great campground for families. One of the things that makes it so great is the hike to a beautiful sinkhole that starts within the camp (right across from site 44). This hike is perfect for families. It is mainly flat and very well marked with blue diamonds on the trees. My boys loved running from diamond to diamond. The path winds through the woods and felt very secluded. The trail continues down into the sinkhole and at this point is a little more of a hike. Once at the bottom of the sinkhole we were rewarded with huge fallen logs to climb over. We were also blocked from the freezing wind and able to feel the warmth of the sun was we lay on the forest floor. We stayed at the bottom of the sinkhole for almost an hour. The whole trail is 1.4 miles round trip.

Playing

One of my favorite things about camping is that the kids don't get bored. The campsites here are surrounded by woods to explore and the kids loved doing just that. I did bring games to play together, but due to the wind, we weren't able to play card games. We did enjoy a round of dominos together before the boys went back to their "secret hide-out" in the trees.

If you are considering staying at Canyon Point Campground, you can read my campground review here.