{"id":7823,"date":"2014-09-08T05:05:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T09:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7823"},"modified":"2014-09-08T05:05:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T09:05:36","slug":"smiles-with-boots-breeches-great-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7823","title":{"rendered":"Smiles with Boots, Breeches, Great Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed the longest (for me) ride of the season yesterday with my cousin.  We rode through the Maryland countryside up to Southern Pennsylvania on a lovely day.  The weather was perfect.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014c.jpg?resize=584%2C551\" alt=\"Ride09072014c\" width=\"584\" height=\"551\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014c.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014c.jpg?resize=300%2C283&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014c.jpg?resize=150%2C142&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014c.jpg?resize=318%2C300&amp;ssl=1 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Our adventure included&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;covered bridges, which are fun to find (and thank goodness for my GPS, because I could not have found the bridges otherwise.)  We got there over some interesting roads that probably were not on a map.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014a.jpg?resize=584%2C584\" alt=\"Ride09072014a\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014a.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014a.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014a.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014a.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>We also explored an exceptionally large civil war battlefield.  The perspective of that battlefield by motorcycle is breathtaking.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014b.jpg?resize=584%2C758\" alt=\"Ride09072014b\" width=\"584\" height=\"758\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014b.jpg?w=616&amp;ssl=1 616w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014b.jpg?resize=300%2C390&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014b.jpg?resize=115%2C150&amp;ssl=1 115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Ride09072014b.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>What was I wearing:  Frontline plain silvertan breeches and lug-soled Chippewa hi-shine engineer boots.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  ride with family for fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed the longest (for me) ride of the season yesterday with my cousin. 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