{"id":59911,"date":"2016-06-27T02:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=59911"},"modified":"2016-06-27T02:14:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T08:14:00","slug":"donkey-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had another early trip planned.&#160; Off to see the Donkey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitcripplecreek.com\/events\/donkey-derby-days\/\" target=\"_blank\">Derby days in Cripple Creek<\/a>..&#160; We were to meet up with GS# 3 and his dad for a view of the derby for kids and and a few other things\u2026 We did take an alternate route up and made it Through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guffeycolorado.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Guffey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interesting <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/old\/\" title=\"View all articles about old here\">old<\/a> town and the buildings in the main part are still <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/old\/\" title=\"View all articles about old here\">old<\/a> , many wore out but helps maintain the rustic nature of the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>old<\/strong> town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_7991\" 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=\"IMG_7991\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way up Hwy 9 this <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>old<\/strong> homestead caught my eye\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8003.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8003\" 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=\"IMG_8003\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8003_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lots of <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>old<\/strong> STUFF in the down town\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8004.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8004\" 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=\"IMG_8004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8004_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8016.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8016\" 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=\"IMG_8016\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8016_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C504\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure what the tire repair shop does but they had a lot of stuff to work on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8018.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8018\" 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=\"IMG_8018\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8018_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C528\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Has to be a story about the waiting coffins on the other <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/side\/\" title=\"View all articles about side here\">side<\/a> of the road as well? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8027.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8027\" 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=\"IMG_8027\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8027_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They have a cabin for short <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/people\/\" title=\"View all articles about people here\">people<\/a> in town too!&#160; oh wait, I <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/need\/\" title=\"View all articles about need here\">need<\/a> to make the politically correct with \u201cheight challenged people\u201d. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SAM_4469.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_4469\" 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=\"SAM_4469\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SAM_4469_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C481\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back down the road a bit I found this cabin , maybe <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/one\/\" title=\"View all articles about one here\">one<\/a> of the smallest I have seen? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8046.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8046\" 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=\"IMG_8046\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8046_thumb.jpg?resize=568%2C1006\" width=\"568\" height=\"1006\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>GS#3 is happy to be out and riding\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8064.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8064\" 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=\"IMG_8064\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8064_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C1135\" width=\"640\" height=\"1135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They had a Viet Nam era helicopter there with some <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>old<\/strong> time vets to explain everything as well.&#160; This <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/one\/\" title=\"View all articles about one here\">one<\/a> was flying while I was in school. 67 to 71.&#160;&#160; But GS#3 got to check out the seat and look it over. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8070.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8070\" 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=\"IMG_8070\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8070_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C362\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here he was watching the Donkeys and ready for a petting but they were more interested in some feeding <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/going\/\" title=\"View all articles about going here\">going<\/a> on to the other <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/side\/\" title=\"View all articles about side here\">side<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8075.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8075\" 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=\"IMG_8075\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8075_thumb.jpg?resize=528%2C935\" width=\"528\" height=\"935\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we walked around town we found out that <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Cripple Creek<\/strong> is the place where root <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/beer\/\" title=\"View all articles about beer here\">beer<\/a> floats were invented\u2026 so says the poster\u2026 sounded good to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8078.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8078\" 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=\"IMG_8078\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8078_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saw this dog out and everywhere they went it tried to get under the cover\u2026 guess it has a thing about sin shine so it needs the <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/sun\/\" title=\"View all articles about sun here\">sun<\/a> glasses?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8081.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8081\" 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=\"IMG_8081\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8081_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In our walking around I spotted a p lace the served up green chili so I had the \u201cslopper\u201d a burger smothered with chili.&#160; It was ok but not as good as those from Big Burger World or even the Rose Bud Caf\u00e9\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>GS#3 and his dad had some huge corn dogs and a plate of circle cut potatoes chips\u2026 didn\u2019t get the picture of them but the hot dogs in the corn coating were huge half pounders it looked like. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8085.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8085\" 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=\"IMG_8085\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_8085_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C361\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>on the way out caught this guy handling his donkeys\u2026 figure he has been out too long?<\/p>\n<p>We finished up our visit to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Cripple Creek<\/strong> and then took the long way home (on the highway) down to the Springs to get cheap gas.&#160; ON our way down we spotted this sign in the window of a store in Manitou? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SAM_4478.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SAM_4478\" 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=\"SAM_4478\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SAM_4478_thumb.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So if your in <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/need\/\" title=\"View all articles about need here\">need<\/a> of potions and such\u2026 they got a great sale <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/going\/\" title=\"View all articles about going here\">going<\/a> on right now\u2026 So was our Sunday visits. oh and I went to the store and got some root <a class=\"StrictlyAutoTagAnchor\" href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/beer\/\" title=\"View all articles about beer here\">beer<\/a> to have with our ice cream tonight\u2026 you know <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Cripple Creek<\/strong> specials\u2026 root <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>beer<\/strong> floats.<\/p>\n<p>WD0AJG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had another early trip planned.&#160; Off to see the Donkey Derby days in Cripple Creek..&#160; We were to meet up with GS# 3 and his dad for a view of the derby for kids and and a few other things\u2026 We did take an alternate route up and made it Through Guffey.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting old town and the buildings in the main part are still old , many wore out but helps maintain the rustic nature of the old town.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>On the way up Hwy 9 this old homestead caught my eye\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lots of old STUFF in the down town\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what the tire repair shop does but they had a lot of stuff to work on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/\">&#8220;And Now the Rest of the Story &#8211; &#8220;Donkey Derby<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-59911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bbs","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donkey Derby - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Donkey Derby - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we had another early trip planned.&#160; Off to see the Donkey Derby days in Cripple Creek..&#160; We were to meet up with GS# 3 and his dad for a view of the derby for kids and and a few other things\u2026 We did take an alternate route up and made it Through Guffey. Interesting old town and the buildings in the main part are still old , many wore out but helps maintain the rustic nature of the old town. On the way up Hwy 9 this old homestead caught my eye\u2026  Lots of old STUFF in the down town\u2026  Not sure what the tire repair shop does but they had a lot of stuff to work on. &quot;And Now the Rest of the Story - &quot;Donkey Derby\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-27T08:14:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"wd0ajg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"wd0ajg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"headline\":\"Donkey Derby\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-27T08:14:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":500,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"BBS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/\",\"name\":\"Donkey Derby - And That was How it Went\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-27T08:14:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/27\\\/donkey-derby\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Donkey Derby\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"And That was How it Went\",\"description\":\"life, ham-radio,travel, investing, work, retirement and getting there\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\",\"name\":\"wd0ajg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"wd0ajg\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Donkey Derby - And That was How it Went","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Donkey Derby - And That was How it Went","og_description":"Today we had another early trip planned.&#160; Off to see the Donkey Derby days in Cripple Creek..&#160; We were to meet up with GS# 3 and his dad for a view of the derby for kids and and a few other things\u2026 We did take an alternate route up and made it Through Guffey. Interesting old town and the buildings in the main part are still old , many wore out but helps maintain the rustic nature of the old town. On the way up Hwy 9 this old homestead caught my eye\u2026  Lots of old STUFF in the down town\u2026  Not sure what the tire repair shop does but they had a lot of stuff to work on. \"And Now the Rest of the Story - \"Donkey Derby","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/","og_site_name":"And That was How it Went","article_published_time":"2016-06-27T08:14:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"wd0ajg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@wd0ajg","twitter_site":"@wd0ajg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"wd0ajg","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/"},"author":{"name":"wd0ajg","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"headline":"Donkey Derby","datePublished":"2016-06-27T08:14:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/"},"wordCount":500,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg","keywords":["BBS"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/","name":"Donkey Derby - And That was How it Went","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg","datePublished":"2016-06-27T08:14:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7991_thumb.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/donkey-derby\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Donkey Derby"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/","name":"And That was How it Went","description":"life, ham-radio,travel, investing, work, retirement and getting there","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462","name":"wd0ajg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"wd0ajg"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parvvB-fAj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61644,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/24\/it-rains-while-the-sun-shines\/","url_meta":{"origin":59911,"position":0},"title":"It Rains while the Sun shines","author":"wd0ajg","date":"June 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I started off this past week with a trip to OEM parts.\u00a0 I had been looking for some things on the internet and this place came up on one of my searches as being in Colorado Springs?\u00a0 So I had put it on my focus for Monday Morning to make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hobbies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hobbies","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/hobbies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"1-SAM_6143","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-SAM_6143_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14467,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/03\/just-out-and-about\/","url_meta":{"origin":59911,"position":1},"title":"Just out and about","author":"wd0ajg","date":"August 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"First off\u2026 yesterday I got some long awaited jobs done\u2026 then in my forgetful mind I crashed\u2026 \u201cand that is all I have to say about that\u201d. In one of my trips to town yesterday I spotted this and still wonder what was going on? Today we planned a road\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"1-IMG_6251","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1-IMG_6251_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2703,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/04\/albuquerque-10-4-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":59911,"position":2},"title":"Albuquerque &ndash; 10-4-2010","author":"wd0ajg","date":"October 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I Posted down to the point of the nap.\u00a0 But there was still a lot of day left, so after the rest, we got out on old Route 66 (Central AVE) and aimed for Old Town.\u00a0 Central\u00a0 passes by the Race Track, the University of New Mexico, Nob Hill,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Travel&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Travel","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/category\/travel-going-places-seeing-things\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_1493","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1493_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":59983,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/02\/recycle-dead-old-trees\/","url_meta":{"origin":59911,"position":3},"title":"Recycle dead old trees","author":"wd0ajg","date":"July 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Not much going on today.\u00a0 Did a little tour of town and gathered up most of the \u201crecycled old trees\u201d as pictures here.\u00a0 Tried the Florence brewery beer.\u00a0 I did get a 32oz Crowler of the IPA.\u00a0 Figure that is more than enough to test. Ha! They also have a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"SAM_4508","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SAM_4508_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12031,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/17\/side-trip-from-work-or-to-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":59911,"position":4},"title":"Side Trip from work or to work?","author":"wd0ajg","date":"May 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today was a travel day and in that vein we took a little side trip.\u00a0 We had about 400 miles to go to get to our next location but in the way was a chance to do a little tourist stuff\u2026 First off this morning we visited the Missions of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"BBS\"","block_context":{"text":"BBS","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/bbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SAM_1932","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SAM_1932_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SAM_1932_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/SAM_1932_thumb.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3746,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/cruise-the-eastern-carribbean-day-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":59911,"position":5},"title":"Cruise the Eastern Caribbean &#8211; day 1","author":"wd0ajg","date":"December 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"12\/5\/2010 Today we got up late, was pretty tired from the trip and the evening walking.\u00a0 We walked up to the La Bombonera for breakfast it was ok but not great as the reports has stated.\u00a0 After a little shopping we made it back and checked out of the hotel\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_1948","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1948_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1948_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5128.temp.domains\/~ishmaels\/blog3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1948_thumb.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}