{"id":223,"date":"2023-04-29T22:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T02:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/?p=223"},"modified":"2023-08-04T15:43:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:43:25","slug":"south_west_usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/2023\/04\/29\/south_west_usa\/","title":{"rendered":"A Grand Trip Through the Southwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#039;d been thinking about driving through the Southwest, stopping at all sorts of beautiful national parks, for a while. But I never had the time\u2014such a trip requires at least two, preferably three weeks, and where would I find that time? And the kids might not enjoy the long drive. Finally, it all came together: the kids had grown up and moved away, I had more vacation time, working remotely allows me to work from anywhere, and my new car was just waiting to prove itself on a long road trip. 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White sands.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/index.php\/2023\/07\/28\/guadelupa\/\">Mount Guadalupe. Carlsbad Caverns.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/index.php\/2023\/07\/29\/bif_bend\/\">Big Bend National Park. About the blooming desert.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/index.php\/2023\/08\/04\/galverston\/\">Missions San Antonio and Galveston Island<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/index.php\/2023\/08\/04\/way_home\/\">The way home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041f\u0440\u043e \u0442\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u0445\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u043e \u042e\u0433\u043e-\u0417\u0430\u043f\u0430\u0434\u0443, \u0437\u0430\u0435\u0437\u0436\u0430\u044f \u0432\u043e \u0432\u0441\u044f\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0438\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0438, \u044f \u0434\u0443\u043c\u0430\u043b \u0434\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e. \u041d\u043e \u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0445\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043b\u043e \u043d\u0430 \u044d\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 &#8212; \u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443\u044e \u043f\u043e\u0435\u0437\u0434\u043a\u0443 \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0443\u043c \u0434\u0432\u0435, \u0430 \u043b\u0443\u0447\u0448\u0435 \u0442\u0440\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438, \u0430 \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0436\u0435 \u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c? \u0418 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u044f\u043c \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0433\u0430\u044f \u0435\u0437\u0434\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0433\u043b\u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043b\u0438\u0448\u043a\u043e\u043c \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f. \u0418 \u0432\u043e\u0442, \u043d\u0430\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0446, \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c: \u0434\u0435\u0442\u0438 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,29],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-usa","tag-usa-south-west"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wdp.g-integrator.com\/travel\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}