{"id":965,"date":"2013-07-17T09:08:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/?p=965"},"modified":"2013-07-17T09:08:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:08:53","slug":"great-plains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/?p=965","title":{"rendered":"Great Plains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lakes dot the landscape out<br \/>\ninto the distant misty valley that<br \/>\nfeeds the world.<br \/>\nHomes and trees not natural fill<br \/>\nthe rolling plains.<br \/>\nThis is where man lives<br \/>\nSafe, flat, wet, and full of food<br \/>\nThis is where we come from.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"967\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/?attachment_id=967\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-13.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2832,2128\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;KODAK Z650 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1371203731&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Colorado trip 2013 Boulder, Chautauqua (13)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-13-1024x769.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-13-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado trip 2013 Boulder, Chautauqua (13)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-967\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-13-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-13-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hills, enclose the plains, covered in<br \/>\ntrees born to thrive in high dusty earth<br \/>\nRocks proclaim a harshness untamed, untarnished.<br \/>\nHard. Rough. Wild<br \/>\nThis is where we flee to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"966\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/?attachment_id=966\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-14.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2832,2128\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;KODAK Z650 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1371203739&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Colorado trip 2013 Boulder, Chautauqua (14)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-14-1024x769.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-14-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado trip 2013 Boulder, Chautauqua (14)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-966\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-14-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.riley.rackliffe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Colorado-trip-2013-Boulder-Chautauqua-14-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few hours or miles wandering in<br \/>\ncanopied wonder. A world of which we<br \/>\nare very much a part yet in which we<br \/>\ncannot remain.<br \/>\nWe return to our home. Where<br \/>\nfood and rock are soft.<br \/>\nThat is where we live,<br \/>\nbut not why. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakes dot the landscape out into the distant misty valley that feeds the world. Homes and trees not natural fill the rolling plains. This is where man lives Safe, flat, wet, and full of food This is where we come from. 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