{"id":15321,"date":"2013-12-29T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=15321"},"modified":"2013-12-29T11:30:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T17:30:42","slug":"flat-stanley-and-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/29\/flat-stanley-and-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat Stanley and Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well yesterday was a busy day, although it started out pretty slow.&#160; Some of us just couldn\u2019t get things moving at the right time.&#160; We finally got <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>people<\/strong> around and loaded up to head south to visit more family for the day.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Our first piece of business was to take <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Flat Stanley<\/strong> (a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>school<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>project<\/strong> thing for Grandson #1) out and show him some of the sights in Colorado Springs.&#160; Due to our late start we only made it to the Garden of the Gods drive through\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7825.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7825\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7825_thumb.jpg?resize=521%2C392\" width=\"521\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here he was <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>going<\/strong> to stop at the visitor center but he got up too late\u2026so he went on in to see the rocks\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-SAM_0610.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-SAM_0610\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-SAM_0610\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-SAM_0610_thumb.jpg?resize=340%2C256\" width=\"340\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Here we all got out to get some pictures\u2026 he wanted to walk the trail but we reminded him he slept in and would have to go another <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7829.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7829\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" 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data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7841\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7841\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7841_thumb.jpg?resize=401%2C533\" width=\"401\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He then saw <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>people<\/strong> climbing on the rocks\u2026 well it is hard to tell in this shot..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7835.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7835\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7835\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-SAM_0619_thumb.jpg?resize=319%2C424\" width=\"319\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>looking back it was not as tipped as it looked <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>going<\/strong> by but still? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-SAM_0620.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-SAM_0620\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-SAM_0620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-SAM_0620_thumb.jpg?resize=365%2C275\" width=\"365\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He saw this statue on the way south\u2026 about the old gold miners..<\/p>\n<p>We then had to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>hurry<\/strong> on to Florence,Co as we were expected to be there by noon\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7844.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7844\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7844_thumb.jpg?resize=460%2C346\" width=\"460\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He saw this dinosaur when we got to Florence\u2026 and it had lights on it..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7847.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7847\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7847\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7847_thumb.jpg?resize=459%2C395\" width=\"459\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Late we all headed back to Ryan and Brookes house and They decided to take Stanley to the Zoo for the lights\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7898.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7898\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7898\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7898_thumb.jpg?resize=467%2C351\" width=\"467\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Electric Safari<\/strong> trip\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7851.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7851\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7851\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7851_thumb.jpg?resize=471%2C350\" width=\"471\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7853.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7853\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7853_thumb.jpg?resize=476%2C358\" width=\"476\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know it is hard to tell but Brooke had him at the Christmas Tree..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7859.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-IMG_7859\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-IMG_7859\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1-IMG_7859_thumb.jpg?resize=480%2C361\" width=\"480\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and he got up close and personal with a Giraffe\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a 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