Hiking at the Grottos, near Aspen

On Friday, after the cool dress rehearsal concert by the Aspen Festival Orchestra in the beautiful Benedict Music Tent, we picked up some sandwiches and had a picnic lunch at the trailhead for the Grottos, a few miles outside of Aspen. Despite a light rain, we took a fun hike over gigantic boulders and among the trees by the river. Ice and water have carved out grottos and made fun shapes in the rocks.

On the way back to the car, we crossed a little brook with a waterfall. Jasper loves water ("Wook! Water!"), so his dad helped him stick his hand in the flow without getting his shoes too wet.