{"id":14040,"date":"2018-07-05T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T00:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14040"},"modified":"2018-07-05T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T00:07:06","slug":"riding-with-my-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14040","title":{"rendered":"Riding With My Buddies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Ridefarm-300x160.jpg?resize=300%2C160\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Ridefarm.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Ridefarm.jpg?resize=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Ridefarm.jpg?resize=768%2C410&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Ridefarm.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Ridefarm.jpg?resize=500%2C267&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I have really caring friends.  They know that life at home has been difficult whilst I devote time to care for my Spouse.  One of my friends is particularly sensitive to knowing that I need a break, so he sent me an email that said,<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hey, do you want to go for a ride for brunch on the fourth of July?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t have to ask twice.  I said, &#8220;sure, I&#8217;d love to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Five friends showed up and took me on a nice ride in the countryside of my home state of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Come ride with us:<br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-0UPwbrMjU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nLife is short:  ride to live, live to eat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have really caring friends. They know that life at home has been difficult whilst I devote time to care for my Spouse. One of my friends is particularly sensitive to knowing that I need a break, so he sent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14040\">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-14040","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\/14040","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=14040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}