{"id":221,"date":"2008-12-10T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2008-12-10T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T16:12:14","slug":"vacation-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/10\/vacation-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacation for me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just a heads-up&#8230; I&#8217;m leaving today to Colorado for a week.\u00a0 So expect some content-lite days while I&#8217;m chillin&#8217; in the mountains.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll try to keep the posts coming, but vacation comes first.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is a shot from when I was there in 2004.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/colorado2004.jpg\" alt=\"Shag's Colorado Adventure 2004\" width=\"525\" height=\"608\" \/><\/p>\n<p 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