Stopping for lunch at the top of the mountain

With Jude still in Nepal, for Father’s Day this year it was just the three of us. I decided we should go for a hike in the mountains so we were out the door by 9am and on the trail just after 9:30am.

With my favorite girl on top of Bergen Peak

We did Bergen Peak, a trail near Evergreen, that is a good challenging hike and not that crowded. Marcy and I did it about 20 years ago but I don’t think we have been back since. It was a hot day but thankfully we had some cloud cover for the second part of the hike. We did the 11.6 miles in around 5 1/2 hours, which included a nice break on top of the mountain for lunch.

Jude with his favorite elephant called Rupa

We hear from Jude most days. He is enjoying his time in Nepal but it is hard work at the Elephant Sanctuary and he is exhausted at the end of the day. He only has two more days and then he spends his last four days in Kathmandu before flying out on Saturday night. We can’t wait to see him when he lands back in Denver on Sunday afternoon.