{"id":364,"date":"2011-06-26T23:20:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T17:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldsbestwalks.wordpress.com\/?p=364"},"modified":"2011-06-26T23:20:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T17:20:43","slug":"high-mt-ranier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"High Mt. Ranier!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldsbestwalks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/ranier-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-365\" title=\"Mt. Ranier \" src=\"http:\/\/worldsbestwalks.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/ranier-4.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>I left bayou country yesterday en route to higher ground and more great walks.\u00a0 The summer temperatures can really heat up an airplane cabin so I kept the window shade down for most of the trip. When the pilot said we were getting close to Seattle I raised the shade and got an eyeful of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/mora\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Ranier<\/a> peeking through the clouds. Oh boy, this trip to Woodinville and San Juan Islands is going to be an adventure!<\/p>\n<p>Just a hiccup upon arrival.\u00a0 The rental car agent had a wily way of quoting prices. Good thing I questioned her at the Budget counter or else I would have signed a contract for all kinds of additional fees.\u00a0 It was a simple thing, really.\u00a0 She quoted an upgrade for &#8220;$13&#8221; but she really meant $13\u00a0 a day.\u00a0 Same goes for cost of adding a driver.\u00a0 (Never\u00a0 mind I had already contracted for this same upgrade for a flat fee of $3.)<\/p>\n<p>But I was on to her and all is well!\u00a0 Time to hit the highways.<\/p>\n<p>Arrived in Woodinville, safe and sound .\u00a0 Willows Lodge is beautiful. There is a pig and also a wedding right outside my window!\u00a0 More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I left bayou country yesterday en route to higher ground and more great walks.\u00a0 The summer temperatures can really heat up an airplane cabin so I kept the window shade down for most of the trip. When the pilot said &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/?p=364\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14,15,16],"tags":[30,35,83,55],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-san-juan-islands","category-washington-state","category-woodiinville","category-worldsbestwalks","tag-hiking","tag-mt-ranier","tag-washington-state","tag-worlds-best-walks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theworldsbestwalks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}