Layli pops out of our car, I pop up our tent, we pop into a fruit stand

At the top of Monarch pass, Layli just had to pop up through the hatch to check the mountains. It kinda reminded me of that old game you often saw in some KOA's: donkey kong. No, actually, Layli was just thrilled be a mountain girl once again.

Below: Here was our first tent campsite of the road trip:

We teamed up to pop up our tent at Ridgeway campsite, not far south of Montrose, CO, en-route to Durango. It was a first attempt and we finally figured out "how the pole thingies go". <--- not my usual terminology, but heh, we were tired and wanted to "git er done" without reading "the destructions". We know that we can whip that tent up in less then 20 minutes from here on out....

Our view, just steps from our campsite:

We loved the view out of the tent door, plus the views within an 8 min. stroll away from our campsite.  Campfire? Definitely. Marshmallows? (next time).

Above: The sunset view near our campsite.

The following morning, we pulled our dusty tail over to a fruit stand to buy Colorado cherries. Not as good as Mt. Rainier cherries.

Below: Colorado Farmer's Market.

Below: Layli on the rocky hike to a tumbling waterfall....

And below, was our hike's reward: