{"id":956,"date":"2020-10-12T09:28:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=956"},"modified":"2020-10-12T09:28:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T14:28:48","slug":"outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=956","title":{"rendered":"Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"346\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/fire.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/fire.png 346w, https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/fire-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption>A campfire.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Parks. Hiking. Camping. Bicycles. Kayaks. It&#8217;s been all outdoors, all the time for a lot of people since the COVID train left the station. I will argue that this switch in how we spend leisure time, or how we keep ourselves sane, is a net positive from these Strange Days. For our family, one of the only activities that has managed to stay somewhat in tact is Scouting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scouts are very good at following rules. Things like masks and distancing are taken very seriously. I saw some pretty solid behavior on the part of some Webelos this weekend as they prepared for a hike and enjoyed a cooking demonstration by yours truly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I was in fact gloved and masked during all food prep. We minimized at every step. The Scouts had a great time and so did the adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I was doing the cooking, I didn&#8217;t get to enjoy the adventure of wandering less than maintained trails with excitable fourth graders, but it&#8217;s the sacrifice we make for the program, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a beautiful day. Perfect temperature. Sunny. Breezy. The trees were colorful. It was everything one could ask for in a fall day of hiking. We could all relax and enjoy some time in the open air. It feels good. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re all doing so much of it. Funny that we might have forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parks. Hiking. Camping. Bicycles. Kayaks. It&#8217;s been all outdoors, all the time for a lot of people since the COVID train left the station. I will argue that this switch in how we spend leisure time, or how we keep &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/?p=956\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51,40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.othertime.com\/musicblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}