{"id":1038,"date":"2020-10-30T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2022-03-04T23:54:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:54:03","slug":"episode-23-1-the-gods-must-be-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melamb.com\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"Episode 23.1: The Gods Must Be Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just outside of Colorado Springs we have a little breakfast at Uncle Sams&#8217; Pancake House @ 10,000ft, catch our breath (a side of oxygen please!) and enter the Garden of the Gods&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 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\/20201028_135836-3-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1060\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1060\" class=\"wp-image-1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_151239-2-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\/20201028_145431-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1064\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1064\" class=\"wp-image-1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_145431-3-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Pikes Peak (14,000 ft) above Garden of the Gods<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a place of such serene beauty, and with such an auspicious name, we sure do witness a lot of Goofy Shenanigans(!):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 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_142758-1-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_142758-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1040\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1040\" class=\"wp-image-1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_142758-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_142758-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_142758-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_142758-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_142758-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_142758-1-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Bob Speed Monkey is stunned as this Brassy Buck shows the traffic who is Boss.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1041\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1041\" class=\"wp-image-1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_143110-1-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">This monkey gets an RV stuck in a narrow turn between the rocks, and the monkey behind him refuses to back up.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1042\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1042\" class=\"wp-image-1042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201028_164052-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">This truck exploded and slowed traffic, chaos ensued as monkeys drove back and forth across the shoulder to an alternate gravel road.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monkey business aside, though, The Garden is a pretty awesome place:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 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