{"id":116,"date":"2007-07-12T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deepsicks.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2022-03-15T20:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T01:26:55","slug":"picktours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2007\/07\/12\/picktours\/","title":{"rendered":"picktours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/IMG_4815-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"dead bugs on the bumper\" class=\"wp-image-7759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/IMG_4815-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/IMG_4815-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/IMG_4815-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/IMG_4815-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I promised you words, I promised you nothing. I didn&#8217;t promise anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Place is one-two punch two three,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4460.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for my face bursting out after<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4470.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ghostbuster skies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4480.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">trapped insides<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4486.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">even erasure leaves a trace. Complicates escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4458.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dug deeped severed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4522.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">twisted all together,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4518.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">splish splash spray, *yeah.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4519.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I went camping!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4785.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the drive to Mesaba in Morthern Minnesota, I killed a sandbear,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4622.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so I tried to rescue a dragonfly from a web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4644.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With sticky strands gumming its wings, I did little but prolong its doom. And take pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4648.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why not favor the spider? asked Sam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4713.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because I am the spider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4631.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full moons, loons and fireflies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4736.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">day flat broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4768.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July third I attended a one hundred year farmstead anniversary celebration slash reunion of step-blood shooting guns drinking beer and waving old glory. This, too, is America. The boys in the field hunt for unshattered pidgeons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4806.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Light fuse, get away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4861.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the gravel road at Grandma&#8217;s,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4883.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shooting myself in the back of the head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/im\/071207\/IMG_4901.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am the spider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,13,17,18],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shouts","tag-adventures","tag-camping","tag-family","tag-fargo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7887,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/7887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}