We bought a National Parks annual pass this year. So we have been trying to go to different National Parks near us. For veterans weekend, we took a trip down to Arizona to go camping and see the Grand Canyon. Wyatt was really excited to go camping all week and kept asking when we were going. It was a 9 hour drive on Thursday but we made it before it got dark so we could set up camp.
The boys loved playing in the dirt and climbing the rocks around our campsite.
The first night we made foil dinners for dinner and roasted marshmallows for dessert.
It got pretty chilly at night. Luckily we planned for that and had hand warmers and lots of blankets to help us keep warm.
In the morning we saw a herd of elk walk through our campsite to get to the water by the bathrooms.
Then we got to walk all the rim trail and see the Grand Canyon.
Wyatt soon got bored of looking at the canyon and then just wanted to climb all over the rocks along the trail.
We even took a family bike ride along a trail.
When we reached our destination, we celebrated with ice cream.
Spencer didn't quite get how to hold his ice cream.
On Saturday, we decided to break up our drive home and stop at Bryce Canyon National Park.
The boys had a lot of fun in the visitors center while Mom bought her magnet.
Then we got out and saw the actual canyon.
Afterwards we ate a late lunch/ early dinner. Then the boys ran around and got rid of some of their energy before we finished the drive home.
Overall we had a great weekend filled with family fun and memories.
