{"id":10346,"date":"2011-12-14T23:41:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T07:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=10346"},"modified":"2011-12-14T23:41:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T07:41:19","slug":"my-happy-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/12\/14\/my-happy-place\/","title":{"rendered":"My Happy Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day started out like any other, with me getting up off of Dawn&#8217;s crack. That&#8217;s when the different started happening. After a shower and non-cereal breakfast I found myself driving north on I-5, away from my nest of comfort, heading for lands known to some as Adventure, Fantasy, Frontier and Tomorrow. Coincidence would regularly shine on me this day, starting with me parking almost directly across from, and at the same time as, my dear friend Brenda and her father, even though I drove an hour and a half from San Diego, and they for twenty minutes from West Covina. We joined forces and\u00a0together\u00a0we tram-traveled to the front gates of these mysterious lands.<\/p>\n<p>Update and continuance to come. Need sleep first.<\/p>\n<p>( t h e m e \u00a0 p i c s )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day started out like any other, with me getting up off of Dawn&#8217;s crack. That&#8217;s when the different started happening. After a shower and non-cereal breakfast I found myself driving north on I-5, away from my nest of comfort, heading for lands known to some as Adventure, Fantasy, Frontier and Tomorrow. Coincidence would regularly &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/12\/14\/my-happy-place\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[113,17,3,59],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-2GS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13470,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/11\/11\/barcoding-biodiversity-in-costa-rica\/","url_meta":{"origin":10346,"position":0},"title":"Barcoding Biodiversity in Costa Rica","date":"November 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I attended a free one-hour lecture at the San Diego Natural History Museum last night. 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