2023 Canyon Lake

Quick Facts

September 22nd-24th

Trip leader: Azure Tu-Salaam

Canoeing

Itinerary 

Friday 22nd -

• Leave Annex at 5:00 pm to arrive at Potters Creek at 6:50 pm 

• Set up camp and cook dinner at 7:30pm 

• Sleep time at 10:00pm

Saturday 23rd -

• Wake up at 7:00 am and cook breakfast 

• Push off at 8:00 am 

• Canoe to the island in the lake & back (5.48 miles).

• Come back for lunch at 12:00pm

• Relax at camp until dinner 

Sunday 24th -

• Leave at 9:00am

Meal Plan

Friday

Dinner: Chicken Quesadillas

Saturday

Breakfast: pancakes

Lunch: Grilled Caprese Sandwich

Dinner: Chicken Pineapple Kabobs

Sunday

Breakfast: muffins 

Shopping list

Pancakes

• 2 cups of flour

• 1/2 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 12 tbs sugar

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1 1/2 cups of milk

• 2 large eggs

• 4 tsp vanilla extract

• 6 tbs melted butter 

Grilled caprese sandwich

• 2-3 ripe tomatoes

• 1 tablespoon oil

• 2 6-inch baguettes, sliced in half lengthwise

• 4 oz mozzarella cheese, sliced into rounds

• ⅓ cup prepared pesto, or a handful of fresh basil leaves

• Salt + pepper

Chicken Pineapple Kabobs

For the marinade:

• ¼ cup olive oil

• ½ cup chopped cilantro

• 1 tablespoon honey

• 2 teaspoons minced ginger, note: Trader Joe’s carries ginger paste that’s perfect for this

• 1 lime, juiced

• 1 teaspoon salt

To build the skewers:

• ½ lb chicken, boneless, skinless thighs work best, cut into 1-inch pieces

• 1 medium red onion, sliced into 1-inch pieces

• Pineapple wedges, cut into 1-inch cubes 

• 5-6 skewers 75 in

Cheesecake cobbler

•  8 oz bag of raspberries 

• 8 oz bag of blueberries

• 8 oz box of cream cheese

• 3.5 oz of graham cracker crumbs

• 12 oz bottle of Sprite

• 15.2 oz of yellow cake mix

• 1/2 cup of butter

• 30 charcoal Briquette

• 1 Dutch oven