{"id":1278,"date":"2009-06-30T05:45:16","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T09:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2009-06-30T00:22:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T04:22:12","slug":"the-great-geek-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/the-great-geek-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Geek Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look what Serv and I found in Illinois&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/metro_il.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Metropolis, Illinois\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/metro_il.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How cool is that!\u00a0 We drove 800+ miles on Monday ~ Minnesota to Tennessee.\u00a0 Should be home Tuesday afternoon\/evening.\u00a0 More pictures later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1278\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/the-great-geek-escape\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1278\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/the-great-geek-escape\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/the-great-geek-escape\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/the-great-geek-escape\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1278\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/30\/the-great-geek-escape\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look what Serv and I found in Illinois&#8230; 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