{"id":1015,"date":"2020-10-30T04:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T04:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2022-03-04T23:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:54:21","slug":"episode-22-into-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melamb.com\/?p=1015","title":{"rendered":"Episode 22: Into the West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know you have reached the West when the nothingness that you have experienced through the Mid-West turns into even MORE nothingness&#8230;and then suddenly there is Denver&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1016\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1016\" class=\"wp-image-1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150733-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1030\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1030\" class=\"wp-image-1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_150853-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1017\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1017\" class=\"wp-image-1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_130140-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1018\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1018\" class=\"wp-image-1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_123646-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1019\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1019\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111145-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denver, which as far as we could tell is just one giant, live-work-play apartment complex.   These are the views out our hotel windows and the scandalous view INTO the &#8220;I just graduated from RISD hotel shower design school&#8221; shower. Check out the sweet analog clock though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1020\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1020\" class=\"wp-image-1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111153-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1022\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1022\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027_230512-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Brandon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1021\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1021\" class=\"wp-image-1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_111203-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we are on the subject of hotel design&#8230;I&#8217;ll get my hotel photos out of the way with a little preview of our next few nights. Gotta love the carpets!   But I tell ya, it is creepily deserted out here these days&#8230;huge empty atriums and pools&#8230;easy to get a room!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201029_214433-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201029_214433-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1033\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1033\" class=\"wp-image-1033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201029_214433-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201029_214433-225x300.jpg 225w, 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