Day 3: Charlotte's First Mountain

I was really excited to take Charlotte to the mountains. Her Grandpa Drury grew up in Denver, so mountain blood runs through her veins! She did a great job; I was super impressed. She loved the backpack and spent the entire day in the backpack without so much as a peep! Thank you to Grandpa Freeman and Grandma Edie for the hiking backpack- it was awesome.

As an additional note, our "acclimation" hike was, well, a little insane. It involved climbing up a mountain and then back down to get to Cub Lake. To get back to the cars, we would have had to climb all the way back up and down again. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot of eagerness in the group to climb back up, particularly with Charlotte. So our manly men Matthew and Phil climbed up the mountain and picked the rest of us up at another trail head. We took a slightly longer, but really easy hike to the trail head and just as we got there, the cars pulled up. A wonderful sight!

Charlotte needed to refuel.

Uncle Andy took over the baby carrier for the rest of the hike. He said he wanted the exercise; boy, did he get it!

Don't worry, Uncle Andy. I'll make sure your hat doesn't go anywhere.

See that lake all the way at the bottom? That's where we were headed.

Getting closer...

We made it to Cub Lake!

Charlotte decided to carry the hiking poles for the last leg of the hike.

The end of the trail. Yay!

After we got back, some members of the hiking party relaxed in the hot tub while others just crashed. We all met up again for a great dinner followed by a rousing game of Apples to Apples. So fun. I love playing games with the Freeman/Johnston/Miller group!