{"id":739,"date":"2020-10-11T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?p=739"},"modified":"2022-03-04T23:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:59:49","slug":"episode-16-2-beware-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melamb.com\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"Episode 16.2: Beware the Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We awake near the lake, lodge, and pandemic-abandoned swimming pool of Bear Mountain State Park&#8230;but the Bear is not the Beast I speak of&#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\/20201006_122809-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122809-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"740\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=740\" class=\"wp-image-740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122809-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122809-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122809-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122809-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122809-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122809-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\/20201006_123331-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_123331-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"741\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=741\" class=\"wp-image-741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_123331-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_123331-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_123331-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_123331-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_123331-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_123331-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\/20201006_122215-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"746\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=746\" class=\"wp-image-746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_122215-1-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only one hour down river the Saber-toothed jaws of New York City yawn, as evidenced by an unusual amount of graffiti and Hasidic families present in the park. I can feel her familiar hot breath flowing backwards up the Hudson with the rising tide, licking my toes, hungry for sacrifices&#8230;RUN!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 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\/20201006_131318-1-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_131318-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"747\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=747\" class=\"wp-image-747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_131318-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_131318-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_131318-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_131318-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_131318-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_131318-1-1600x1200.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\/20201006_130747-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"748\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=748\" class=\"wp-image-748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_130747-1-1600x1200.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\/20201006_124607-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_124607-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"745\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=745\" class=\"wp-image-745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_124607-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_124607-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_124607-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_124607-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_124607-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_124607-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mean DRIVE!   Just around the apex of our coast to coast to coast journey we struggle, at first, to build up escape velocity.   DRIVE! Drive towards the Middle!   And when you get there, tell em Buddy sent ya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 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\/20201006_153019-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_153019-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"749\" data-link=\"http:\/\/box5490.temp.domains\/~melambco\/?attachment_id=749\" class=\"wp-image-749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_153019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_153019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201006_153019-768x576.jpg 768w, 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