{"id":1774,"date":"2010-07-13T05:51:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T09:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2010-07-21T20:37:01","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T00:37:01","slug":"on-the-road-days-2-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/on-the-road-days-2-5\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Road: Days 2-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My second day in Colorado started off with a hearty breakfast and ended by a hearty dinner&#8230; Somewhere in between there I got my tent all set up for the Greenhorn Valley Arts &#038; Music Festival that would begin the next morning. <\/p>\n<p>\nFast forward to the next morning. The day started off right with nice weather and live music by the Blackwood Brothers &#8211; a band that has carried on it&#8217;s own legacy since 1934 and supposedly Elvis&#8217;s favorite gospel group. The crowd was quite nice for a first time festival and the organizers did a great job doing just that: organizing. Thank you for the donuts in the VIP tent! I ate more than I should have.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_tent.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_tent\" title=\"colorado_tent\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_tent.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_tent-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The weather was a bit spotty with a couple different occasions of rain, but nothing too serious. I just happened to be under two large trees, and they helped shield a lot of it. Overall, the festival was a success, and as happens after every festival, I was relieved to pack everything away and sink into the couch for some snoozing to the sound of the tv.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons I chose to do this festival is because it was local to my dad and stepmom&#8217;s home and I was due for a visit. We spent the day after the festival driving up into the mountains, and if I haven&#8217;t made myself clear before, one of my favorite things to do is drive through the outskirts and take pictures. Luckily, my dad has a big truck, and we got to take it up a long, winding gravel road to the top.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_flowerfield.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_flowerfield\" title=\"colorado_flowerfield\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_flowerfield.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_flowerfield-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_view.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_view\" title=\"colorado_view\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_view.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_view-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_jr.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_jr\" title=\"colorado_jr\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_jr.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_jr-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_cows.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_cows\" title=\"colorado_cows\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_cows.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_cows-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_top.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_top\" title=\"colorado_top\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_top.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_top-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_butterfly\" title=\"colorado_butterfly\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_butterfly.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_butterfly-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_mountains.jpg\" alt=\"colorado_mountains\" title=\"colorado_mountains\" width=\"470\" height=\"312\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_mountains.jpg 470w, https:\/\/ruralpearl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/colorado_mountains-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next stop: South Dakota, with a lot more sight-seeing on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My second day in Colorado started off with a hearty breakfast and ended by a hearty dinner&#8230; Somewhere in between there I got my tent all set up for the Greenhorn Valley Arts &#038; Music Festival that would begin the next morning. Fast forward to the next morning. 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