{"id":1003,"date":"2011-05-23T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2014-06-15T05:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T05:00:46","slug":"colorado-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Yogi&#8217;s got back Sunday from a weekend road trip to Colorado. We went there mainly to see my lovely young niece Jillian get married to a very nice young man, Brian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751831544\/\" title=\"IMG_0491 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0491\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/5751831544_f1d18092c9-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">(More on these two in a later post.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On our way out there Sweetie let me take time to find &#8220;Mingo.&#8221; It is the oldest active geocache in the world. Now I can die fulfilled. I have not brought peace to the world, but I found Mingo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751827118\/\" title=\"IMG_0463 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0463\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751827118_3d75b1792e-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751284533\/\" title=\"IMG_0473 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0473\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751284533_4ec0a04bdd-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also drove through some funky weather. We had rain, fog, mist and hail on the way out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751829820\/\" title=\"IMG_0480 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0480\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751829820_313ba5342a-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SuperPizzaBoy got some major video game play in during the trip. In fact, he got to where he was playing video games, listening to an audio book, and eating Fritos at the same time. Awesome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751290029\/\" title=\"IMG_0504 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0504\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751290029_ca3a04d81d-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Near where my sister and her husband live we saw &nbsp;longhorn cattle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751747454\/\" title=\"IMG_5289 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5289\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751747454_20f0548835-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course we got to the wedding<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751758512\/\" title=\"IMG_5349 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5349\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751758512_d595857290-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And did some dancing to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751777070\/\" title=\"IMG_5477 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5477\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751777070_a03ab2edac-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SPB had a great time. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751229659\/\" title=\"IMG_5458 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5458\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751229659_4b22ae3ab5-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we came home, <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751290871\/\" title=\"IMG_0509 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0509\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751290871_9765ccf511-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw some oil wells in Kansas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751835698\/\" title=\"IMG_0513 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0513\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751835698_ed762f8b6c-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And some motorcycle riders on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rftw.org\/\"><span style=\"color: red;\"><b>Run For the Wall<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751292361\/\" title=\"IMG_0517 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0517\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751292361_95c882a5ba-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, these folks aren&#8217;t welcoming the Yogi&#8217;s home. They are cheering the motorcycle riders on. We were cheering them also. They, and their &#8220;Road Guards&#8221; were causing havoc on I70 so we were glad to turn off. I like your cause guys, but you almost caused a bunch of accidents!!! Convoying can be dangerous even if you know what you are doing and you guys don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways as we got closer to Tulsa we came up on the back side of a series of storms that stretched clear across northeast Oklahoma and Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751292923\/\" title=\"IMG_0521 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0521\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751292923_073986a9ea-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751293369\/\" title=\"IMG_0525 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0525\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751293369_cde6ef09aa-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751295065\/\" title=\"IMG_0542 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0542\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751295065_f75e1f56e4-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/5751294635\/\" title=\"IMG_0538 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0538\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5751294635_d60cd6c347-300x225.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were glad to be home. Our prayers are with the people of Joplin, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have more on the wedding later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/showyourworld.blogspot.com\/\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: large;\"><b><i>That&#8217;s My World<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yogi&#8217;s got back Sunday from a weekend road trip to Colorado. We went there mainly to see my lovely young niece Jillian get married to a very nice young man, Brian. (More on these two in a later post.) 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