Breckenridge with the Sterns (Part 1)

Labor day weekend and the following week we drove up to Breckenridge, CO to meet my parents and Aaron and Ashley for a family vacation!  It was a beautiful drive up and only took about 7 hours with stops.



Even though we've gotten used to 5000 feet of altitude in Albuquerque and hiking at around 7000 feet, it was a little tough getting used to the 10-11000 feet in Breckenridge, especially for my parents coming from ~1500 feet and Aaron and Ashley coming from ~150 :)  So the first day we did a relatively easy hike up to a nice little lake at Hoosier Pass/Crystal Lake.  There were some beautiful wildflowers along the way too.





The next day we did a little bit more challenging hike called Burro Trail.  It started right at the base of Peak 9 of the skiing area.



The hike followed a creek for a while and then continued up into some beautiful forests and crazy trees.  Leighton's little pony, Florina Tart, came along for an adventure too and took some pictures for Leighton to help her get excited about her first skiing trip in February :)











Later that day we enjoyed some dinner and beautiful views downtown.