{"id":2067,"date":"2016-08-08T04:59:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T11:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2016-08-08T05:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T12:00:08","slug":"still-an-adventurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2067","title":{"rendered":"Still an Adventurer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x15018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x15018.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x1501\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2069\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s why the nine-year-old me coaxed my buddy Jon to follow the train tracks south of Canyon\u2014for 10 miles. Lucky for us, when they appeared at her farmhouse, Aunt Renna Beth took pity on two, tired, thirsty, little boys.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s why the 12-year-old me organized an overnight trail ride with junior high friends to Buffalo Lake (a 24-mile round-trip).<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s why the 18-year-old me took his 4th grade cousins (also on horseback) for an Easter excursion to Col. Goodnight\u2019s cabin in the Palo Duro (remembering those steep, treacherous trails, I can\u2019t believe their moms let them go).<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the boy who was I was an adventurer.<\/p>\n<p>Still is.<\/p>\n<p>And I can\u2019t wait to see what he has planned for the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I know one thing\u2014he won\u2019t have to ask permission. One never does when he plans his own party.<\/p>\n<p>Which provides a partial answer to yesterday\u2019s dilemma. If no one is asking you to their party (to exercise your lost identity), create your own.<\/p>\n<p>And then invite anyone you want to join you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s why the nine-year-old me coaxed my buddy Jon to follow the train tracks south of Canyon\u2014for 10 miles. Lucky for us, when they appeared at her farmhouse, Aunt Renna Beth took pity on two, tired, thirsty, little boys. And it\u2019s why the 12-year-old me organized an overnight trail ride with junior high friends to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}