{"id":99,"date":"2011-01-02T05:14:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T00:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=99"},"modified":"2017-06-29T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T19:13:40","slug":"new-years-day-hike-part-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=99","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Day Hike &#8211; Part VI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Across the parking lot, this motorcycle brigade began to form up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_155822_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-76\" title=\"20110101_155822_crop\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_155822_crop-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_155908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-77\" title=\"20110101_155908\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_155908-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>More people coming down the green around the stadium&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_155946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78\" title=\"20110101_155946\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_155946-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>Then, these buses began to move out one after the other.\u00c2\u00a0 It was quite a sight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_160052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-79\" title=\"20110101_160052\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_160052-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>Aww, daddy and daughters posing for Nettie.\u00c2\u00a0 Ain&#8217;t it sweet?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_160312.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-80\" title=\"20110101_160312\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_160312-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a>We were just getting ready to head back the way we came when &#8212; Hey! Whoa!\u00c2\u00a0 Are those <strong><em>balloons?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_161328.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-81\" title=\"20110101_161328\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_161328-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>Very cool. :-)\u00c2\u00a0 So glad we got to see them go up!\u00c2\u00a0 After that, we headed back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_162432_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-83\" title=\"20110101_162432_crop\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_162432_crop-1024x611.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a>And on the way, we saw some birdies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_162642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-84\" title=\"20110101_162642\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_162642-1024x303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>And the beautifully green fields along the canal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_163648.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-85\" title=\"20110101_163648\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_163648-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>Jacob, who had been lagging behind all day, was motivated to run far ahead of us all just so he could sit under the bridge and wait for us for a while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_163740.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-86\" title=\"20110101_163740\" src=\"http:\/\/adoptedjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/20110101_163740-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>And a few more birdies, before I put my camera away for the day.<\/p>\n<p>It was a very fun, if frigid, New Year&#8217;s Day hike, with lots of beautiful nature to enjoy with the family, and some surprises to boot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the parking lot, this motorcycle brigade began to form up&#8230; More people coming down the green around the stadium&#8230; Then, these buses began to move out one after the other.\u00c2\u00a0 It was quite a sight. Aww, daddy and daughters posing for Nettie.\u00c2\u00a0 Ain&#8217;t it sweet? 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