{"id":42,"date":"2025-05-23T23:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T23:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/?p=42"},"modified":"2025-05-23T23:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T23:38:15","slug":"hiking-in-the-rockies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/2025\/05\/23\/hiking-in-the-rockies\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking in the rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42\" class=\"elementor elementor-42\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3062d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef3062d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490e685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490e685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>There\u2019s something grounding about walking among the Rockies. The stillness, the air, the views \u2014 they all make you feel small in the best way.<\/blockquote><blockquote>I tackled a moderate trail near Lake Louise. Snow still dusted the peaks, and the trail was scattered with pine needles and birdsong. I ended the hike tired, muddy, and absolutely grateful.<\/blockquote><blockquote>Tip: Go early. The mountains are even more magical when it\u2019s just you and the rising sun.<\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19816fa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19816fa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e43876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e43876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/connor-mcsheffrey-osI4A3pojO8-unsplash-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/connor-mcsheffrey-osI4A3pojO8-unsplash-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/connor-mcsheffrey-osI4A3pojO8-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/connor-mcsheffrey-osI4A3pojO8-unsplash-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/connor-mcsheffrey-osI4A3pojO8-unsplash-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/connor-mcsheffrey-osI4A3pojO8-unsplash-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s something grounding about walking among the Rockies. The stillness, the air, the views \u2014 they all make you feel small in the best way. I tackled a moderate trail near Lake Louise. Snow still dusted the peaks, and the trail was scattered with pine needles and birdsong. I ended the hike tired, muddy, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-escapes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slu.vccdigitalmedia.ca\/Ramones-Travel-Diary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}