Cash Lee • See you in August little man👣

It was 34 degrees with sleet/hail at the top🌤❄️☀️ • We needed a little patience as #touristscanbeCRAZY 😳 #thoseclouds #thoseantlers

....for Phil & A.B. at Lake Grandby gave us two fantastic views😎 • Thunderclouds at Sunset and...a mother moose and baby posing❤️ • #zoomin to see those are clouds not mountains! #philmariacrosscountry

Driving behind the scenes is the best😎 • As newbies, we had to improvise with your dust scarves🤪...but they worked! #rzr #philmariacrosscountry

We ‘chugged’ (literally🤪) up the Vail Pass⛰ to a beautiful campsite with friends😎 • Breakfast in the mountains...and made by the men is a WIN💃🏻•Notes: A.B. Tellez is a life long buddy of Phil's (and best man in our wedding in 1984) He owns an incredible restaurant ...Rosie’s Diner in Monument, CO ...and brought his skills and recipes🤓 #greenchiliburritos #philmariacrosscountryRosie’s Diner: https://eatatrosies.com/

With cherries🍒, peaches🍑, apricots, wine🍷and pies🥧 in hand😎 we head east to Rocky National Park⛰ • The #ColoradoWesternslope was a perfect place to relax and just be quiet for a few days. #philmariacrosscountry 

When you venture way back into #ZionCanyon there is unbelievable green foliage...’weeping walls’ they call it🤓 • The location of Zion allows for desert like scenery and huge canyons! Then when the little bit of moisture seeps down through the rocks it creates these beautiful hanging fern walls🌿 and swamps. #elementaryexplanation • Seeing the greenery on this hike reminded me of … Continue reading ’weeping walls’ 🌿 →

Three National Parks and it paid for itself😎 • It won't work at Mt. Rushmore🤪 (National Monument) but we have four parks under our belt and still have until next June to hit a couple more💃 #ZionNationalPark #BryceCanyonNationalPark #ArchesNationalPark #GrandCanyonNationalPark .....so far #philmariacrosscountry•Notes:A pass is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites. Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks and … Continue reading GREAT PURCHASE! →

No miles for a few days as we park along the Colorado River 😎 ....peach, apricot, cherry orchards, lavender farms and wineries on every corner🍑🍒 🍷 .....perfect location when the temps are high! This view is straight from the RV💃🏻 #zoomin to see the orchard🤓•#philmariacrosscountry #freshfruit #freshproduce

 We had our first tourist fail on our trip so far🤦🏻‍♀️ A slower start to our day had us hiking in the Moab Desert in July @ High Noon🤪  #myfault #incrediblelandscapes #wehadwater #DRYheat #natureatwork #grand #massive•Note: The Landscape Arch (pictured here) is as wide as a football field and as high as the Statue of Liberty😳 #fourthNationalParksofar #PhilMariacrosscountry