{"id":3813,"date":"2023-10-02T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2023-10-02T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T13:10:49","slug":"walnut-bottoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/2023\/10\/02\/walnut-bottoms\/","title":{"rendered":"walnut bottoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_175057069_HDR-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3814\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_175057069_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_175057069_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_175057069_HDR-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_175057069_HDR-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_175057069_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First, let me acknowledge my dereliction of posting. I have been consumed with writing projects for the magazine. It&#8217;s not that I haven&#8217;t been out at all, to the contrary, I&#8217;ve been out quite a bit. I&#8217;ve done several weekends at the Red River gorge camping and climbing. I&#8217;ve done a Day hike to LeConte. I&#8217;ve been to the Obed for trail Days. But having neglected posting things here. If you did not get a chance to read my latest piece about Del Scruggs I would encourage you to do so it&#8217;s an entertaining look at his experience diving on the Atocha as a backdrop to the Obed in general. Patrick Caveney contributed amazing photography<br><a href=\"https:\/\/cityviewmag.com\/obed-treasure\/\">https:\/\/cityviewmag.com\/obed-treasure\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231001_111706316_BURST008-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3815\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231001_111706316_BURST008-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231001_111706316_BURST008-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231001_111706316_BURST008-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20231001_111706316_BURST008-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This was a solo outing. I hiked up and over Low Gap and back down into Big Creek.  I needed to be lulled to sleep by the stream underneath canopies of magnificent trees. I&#8217;ve been sleeping on the ground every weekend for the past month and a half but it&#8217;s just not the same. Not that I don&#8217;t love being at the Red River gorge at Miguel&#8217;s but it&#8217;s kind of populated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_153108993_HDR-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3816\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_153108993_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_153108993_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_153108993_HDR-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_153108993_HDR-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_20230930_153108993_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I came out the next morning and startled a pretty good size bear hiking up an over Low Gap. Snakes are still out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s looking to be a beautiful fall, I think the colors are going to be exceptional. I hope you&#8217;re able to get out and enjoy them. I will try to do better with content here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>peace to all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s looking to be a beautiful fall, I think the colors are going to be exceptional. I hope you&#8217;re able to get out and enjoy them. I will try to do better with content here. peace to all!<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3819,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions\/3819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/southernhighlanders.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}