{"id":1197,"date":"2020-11-07T05:13:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T05:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2022-03-04T23:51:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:51:21","slug":"episode-27-red-sky-in-morning-and-red-sky-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melamb.com\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"Episode 27: Red Sky in Morning, AND Red Sky at Night."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warning or Delight?  At the winding edge of this journey, Brandon apparently feels the need to raise the bar by getting LOST, alone, in the desert, at night. &#8220;I was on a trail and then the trail disappeared. Should I be worried about snakes, tarantulas and scorpions?&#8221;  Yes. But no, mostly cacti. I can see his flashlight (thank you for taking that) shining WAY too far from the road&#8230;so I begin waving mine and eventually we convene at the cow fence crossing gate:)  There is much rejoicing!&#8230;and in the morning the sky is red&#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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201101_232533-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1200\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1200\" class=\"wp-image-1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201101_232533-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201101_232533-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201101_232533-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201101_232533-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201101_232533-1-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201101_232533-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1201\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1201\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063630-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\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\/11\/20201102_063620-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1199\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1199\" class=\"wp-image-1199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_063620-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But these sailors take little warning:) We ride past the San Francisco Peaks of Flagstaff into Bobs last setting sun&#8230;to the border of California once again.  Forking Heck, we shoulda got gas in Arizona!! Sheesh!  Home sweet pocket robbing home.<\/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\/11\/20201102_160359-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_160359-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1231\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1231\" class=\"wp-image-1231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_160359-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_160359-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201102_160359-768x576.jpg 768w, 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data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_053147-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1234\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_053147-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_053147-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_053147-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_053147-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_053147-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_053147-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 5 am the Coyotes howl, as the sun begins to rise over the Mojave desert. That&#8217;s right, we have followed the MAP (see below) and landed at our last stop: Hole in the Wall Campground!! Our final drive through Central Valley farmland is sleepy but uplifting&#8230;as empty dirt fields that once posted poorly penned signs declaring a &#8220;Congress Created Dust Bowl&#8221; have been retaken by the natural, native landscape once again&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 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\/11\/20201103_090614-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_090614-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1235\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1235\" class=\"wp-image-1235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_090614-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_090614-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_090614-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_090614-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_090614-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_090614-1600x1200.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\/11\/20201103_134634-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1236\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1236\" class=\"wp-image-1236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_134634-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We did it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 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\/11\/20200906_170440-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1240\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=1240\" class=\"wp-image-1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20200906_170440-2-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning or Delight? 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