{"id":10836,"date":"2014-05-26T23:41:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T03:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=10836"},"modified":"2014-05-26T23:41:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T03:41:18","slug":"monday-night-sam-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2014\/05\/26\/monday-night-sam-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night &#8211; Sam hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was memorial day.. it was also the closest non=-work day to what would have been\u00a0 Sam&#8217;s 22nd birthday which will be Wednesday. We did our traditional hike up to the top of bolton . We had about 20 folks join us for a cool and misty walk up to the top.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9477.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9483.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a bunch of dogs with us including Raya&#8217;s new puppy Kota.. he made it all the way up and down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9485.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9489.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There was even some snow at the top..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9493.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9495.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gabe and I climbed up the fire tower to do our annual sam ceremony.. which involves drinking red bull and firing off some fireworks.. Thats always pretty nuts in the wind on that shaky tower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9497.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9499.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9502.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9498.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9512.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9527.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9514.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9515.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9529.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9535.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9541.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9542.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9546.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9547.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Baby Franchesca .. age 3 weeks also took her first hike with mama Vernigue and dad Matt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9552.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9556.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We all did a redbull toast for Sam at the top<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9557.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then down the hill and back to our house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9561.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It started raining just as we got home.. be we still had fun. Gabe made these wierd hot dog wrapped in cheese wrapped in hamburger wrapped in bacon.. really ?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9563.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9565.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9570.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9566.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">rain didn&#8217;t keep people out of the pool or tramp..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9571.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9575.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9577.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">there was a kid there that wanted to blow something up.. but i didn&#8217;t want to make noise.. so we did an ammnium bichromate volcano.. one of my favorite daylight demos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9582.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9585.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Around 7L30 we had another redbull toast for sam and dug into two cakes that diane had made.. including carrot.. sam&#8217;s favorite !<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9589.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9591.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9592.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9593.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9594.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9596.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/IMG_9597.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was a really nice day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It would also have been my folks 57th anniversary<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/dadmom21.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Thinking of him, my mom&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Life is full of joy and sadness..\u00a0\u00a0 i&#8217;m feeling more joy now<\/p>\n<p>-nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was memorial day.. it was also the closest non=-work day to what would have been\u00a0 Sam&#8217;s 22nd birthday which will be Wednesday. We did our traditional hike up to the top of bolton . We had about 20 folks join us for a cool and misty walk up to the top. We had a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2014\/05\/26\/monday-night-sam-hike\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday night &#8211; Sam hike<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[868],"class_list":["post-10836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-hike-for-sam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10919,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836\/revisions\/10919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}