{"id":9147,"date":"2012-04-18T18:46:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T22:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=9147"},"modified":"2012-05-17T17:43:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T21:43:43","slug":"denver-dinosaur-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/9147","title":{"rendered":"Denver: Dinosaur Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent a week in Denver, hanging out the Janiece and Anne and Susan and Stacy (and attendant family members) and not only did we have a wonderful time, I was able to be convincing of the need for hikes.<\/p>\n<p>Our first trip was to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinoridge.org\/\">Dinosaur Ridge<\/a>, which is a free park. It was a steep hike in parts, but beautiful, and I was sorry my ankle didn&#8217;t like the climbing, because I would have liked to have spent more time there.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThis didn&#8217;t make a lot of sense to me&#8230; <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/6930727124\/\" title=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_011 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5459\/6930727124_965020c6ea.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_011\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;until a later walk along Sulfur Gulch clarified things for me.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/6930722106\/\" title=\"20120413_Sulfur_Gulch_Trail_021 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7131\/6930722106_680015c5e5.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"20120413_Sulfur_Gulch_Trail_021\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the dinosaur tracks:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/7076806941\/\" title=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_025 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7094\/7076806941_632a43e07c.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_025\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then the hike:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/6930731106\/\" title=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_067 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7097\/6930731106_dc70b4ed63.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_067\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/6930732148\/\" title=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_042 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5327\/6930732148_fb1c7652aa.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_042\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/7076808565\/\" title=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_037 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5234\/7076808565_b4ba883faf.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_037\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/7076804009\/\" title=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_044 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5117\/7076804009_dd47d01298.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_044\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we found a baby rattlesnake! (No one was bitten)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/7076802099\/\" title=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_047 by Random Michelle, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5193\/7076802099_fb274be87a.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"20120411_Dinosaur_Ridge_Park_047\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent a week in Denver, hanging out the Janiece and Anne and Susan and Stacy (and attendant family members) and not only did we have a wonderful time, I was able to be convincing of the need for hikes. Our first trip was to Dinosaur Ridge, which is a free park. 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