{"id":13744,"date":"2018-03-24T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T18:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13744"},"modified":"2018-03-24T14:44:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T18:44:40","slug":"a-year-ago-and-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13744","title":{"rendered":"A Year Ago and Far Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago this week, I was working thousands of miles away from home (yeah, actually working).  That work-trip began with a &#8220;one-day&#8221; bucket-list adventure.  <\/p>\n<p>As I contemplate our lives today, caring for my very feeble and frail mother-in-law and my spouse whose condition isn&#8217;t so good either, I still smile and remember&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=12514\" target=\"_blank\">how very special that &#8220;one day&#8221; was<\/a>, riding with a (now retired) Hawaii County Motorcop.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=12514\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10Pololublog.jpg?resize=584%2C487\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"487\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10Pololublog.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10Pololublog.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10Pololublog.jpg?resize=150%2C125&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10Pololublog.jpg?resize=768%2C640&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/10Pololublog.jpg?resize=360%2C300&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a>While intense caregiving binds me close-to-home these days, there are times when great adventures can actually happen.  This one and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/utah\/utahvideos.html\" target=\"_blank\">one other than was absolutely amazing<\/a> will always be relived with great joy.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  live the memories and enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago this week, I was working thousands of miles away from home (yeah, actually working). That work-trip began with a &#8220;one-day&#8221; bucket-list adventure. As I contemplate our lives today, caring for my very feeble and frail mother-in-law and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13744\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}