The day after Thanksgiving, Jude and I took off for a camp adventure to the Enchanted Rocks for the weekend. This was another adventure I set up in meetup.com but one of the family that was going to join us backed out the very last minute. To say the very least, this place was AMAZING!!!! The pictures will speak for itself. For those of you who don't know about enchanted rocks it's a huge dome of a rock that visitors will hike up to the top for an amazing view of the area. Around this rock dome are great hiking and trails. We went on the canyon trail for our hike and it was truly a beautiful experience. Pictures were not able to truly capture the beauty of this place.
This is our campsite which includes a fire ring/ grill. Also optional to the campsite is a covered picnic table like the one pictured here or an uncovered picnic table. There is running water at the camp area but they are not set up at each individual camp site. There is not much shade where the tents are pitched so I can imagine that it can get pretty hot in the summer time and a covered picnic table would be a necessity.
Although there is space between each camper there isn't too much privacy so if you are looking to camp in seclusion and privacy this isn't it. There are primitive camping that is about 1-2 miles of hiking for those who desire more privacy. I should mention that there is just one shower area for the whole camp area (there are about 50 campsite that are car pull-up with water). The one showers and bathrooms for the camp area was close for reconstruction so I'm not able to comment on the cleanliness of the facilities. One shower area for the whole camp area seems very limited. I'm not very impress with the camping area and facilities but this will not prevent us from going again for a camp-out.
Located right in front of the rock.
I Truly wish the picture can really capture the 3-dimensional and true beauty of the place. We are so glad we went.
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Jude taking a break from our hike up the rock. The rock just feels so cool to lay on.
At the very top of the rock, it gets very windy. LOL looks like it's about to blow Jude away.
After climbing to the top and making it to the other side of Enchanted rock, there is a cave area that is fun to climb into and over and around. It was a rock cave. Jude LOVED this. OK so did I. :)
These are other rock formations around Enchanted rock for exploring. This was the Echo canyon trail that we decided to explore. WE LOVED IT!!! Wish we only had more time to explore all the trails this place has to offer. :(...
This was such an awesome site. These were huge rocks place on a single huge hill of a rock. I took this picture from the bottom of the hill. This looks soooo much more amazing in person.
I love the color of fall.
This was truly one huge rock!! REally a cool site.
This is a smaller dome rock close to Enchanted rock where Jude and I decided to hike around.
Jude got so close to this deer.
These next few photos were taken when the sun was setting.
Us playing checkers at our campsite.. Jude won this game.. Love the kid!!!
WE LOVE LOVE LOVE this place and we will definitely return!!! I highly recommend this trip. Jude said it was our best camp adventure yet. I will have to agree with him. We just had so much fun exploring the beauty of the place.
