{"id":6450,"date":"2012-10-21T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T22:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=6450"},"modified":"2012-10-21T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T22:40:10","slug":"a-little-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2012\/10\/a-little-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"A little hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6458\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8824.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8824.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8824-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8824-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Little Cottonwood Canyon is about 4 minutes from our house. I decided to take the kids on an introductory hike to see how things looked from higher up on the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8826.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6451\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8826.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8826-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8826-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>The locals said it was easy and only a half a mile. Baloney. It was hard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6452\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8849.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8849.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8849-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>But like any good hike, there is a reward when you can&#8217;t go another step.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6453\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8832.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8832.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8832-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8832-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>I let the kids walk around the reservoir while I curled up in the shade and cooled off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8836.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6454\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8836.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8836.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8836-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8836-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>It was a gorgeous place to rest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8830.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6460\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8830.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8830.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8830-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8830-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8840.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6455\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8840.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8840-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a>I love going on adventures with my kids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6456\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8847.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8847.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8847-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_8847-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>This weekend was such a gift. The kids had some days off from school and the weather was gorgeous. We saw cousins on two different days; Richard and I spoke in church; Paige played a piano solo in sacrament meeting. These have been really good days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Cottonwood Canyon is about 4 minutes from our house. I decided to take the kids on an introductory hike to see how things looked from higher up on the mountain. The locals said it was easy and only a half a mile. Baloney. It was hard. But like any good hike, there is a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2012\/10\/a-little-hike\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A little hike<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-time","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6461,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6450\/revisions\/6461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}