McDowell Mountain Park- Day 1- 3/10/13

Today is our first day camping at McDowell Mountain Park, just north of Fountain Hills.  It is really beautiful out here and even though you are close to town, it feels very seculded and private and you can't see any city lights.  The park is full of rolling green hills, saquaro cactus and wildflowers in bloom.  We left mid-day and set up camp.  The sites are very nice and large but the girls loved the playground right at our campsite the most...they went there first thing.  Right away, Lily got a cactus stuck in her hind fur so that was a little dramatic.  After setting up, we headed over to the visitors center.  There were some snakes, turtles and tarantulas the kids were making friends with there.  We walked around the campground a bit and then got ready for dinner.  I quickly realized that I forgot the hamburgers...so we ended up eating tomorrows lunch instead.  We then had a campfire and early bed.  I'm excited about our hike tomorrow!