Walking along Gore Creek in Vail on our way to dinner

Yesterday Jude and I went to Vail to spend the night so we could get an early start on the 14er we were climbing. We decided on Mt of the Holy Cross this year as it is not that popular and is a relatively short drive from Vail past Minturn. We had a great night. We walked along the creek to get some dinner and then came back to the hotel to spend time in the hot tub. And a game of chess finished off the night.

Mt of the Holy Cross is the tallest mountain in the distance. We still had 5+ miles to go

We were up bright and early the next morning, on the road by 6am. We drove to the trailhead and were on the trail before 7am. It was a long hike, took us 4 1/2 hours to make the summit, we spent 30 minutes for lunch there and then 5 hours to get back down. Jude was patient with me because my knees, back and hips were all struggling by the end.

Made it to the summit, can you tell we are freezing?

Anna had gymnastics camp this week which she loved and she still did her XCEL evening classes as well as Cheer, so it was a busy week for her. They ended the camp with a performance on Friday afternoon.

At the end of the performance, Anna is on the right

This evening we were visited by Baba and Grandpa on a very quick trip to pick up their car. It was great to see them.