{"id":3419,"date":"2016-06-21T16:17:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T22:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2016-06-21T16:27:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T22:27:23","slug":"a-month-of-camping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2016\/06\/21\/a-month-of-camping\/","title":{"rendered":"A Month of Camping"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This last month has been full of trips for me – a couple weeks of backpacking near Abraham Lake and a canoe trip down the North Saskatchewan. They’ve been unusual trips for me though. Instead of the normal peaceful quiet of nature I was in the middle of roaring stoves, surrounded by laughing, yelling, talking, and singing students.<\/p>\n

Despite the dramatic departure from my usual outdoor experiences, I really enjoyed these trips and the people who made them what they were. The few nights where I had the energy left to stay up into the night were my little oasis of quiet in these busy and fun-filled trips. Thanks to all my fellow leaders and travelers who made these trips memorable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This last month has been full of trips for me – a couple weeks of backpacking near Abraham Lake and a canoe trip down the North Saskatchewan. They’ve been unusual trips for me though. Instead of the normal peaceful quiet of nature I was in the middle of roaring stoves, surrounded by laughing, yelling, talking, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2463,726,741,87,3],"tags":[514,1547,2254,3019,3020,3018,3024,3021,503,3022,3016,3017,3023,2767,3025,3015],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camping-2","category-mountain-2","category-night-photography","category-photo-of-the-day","category-travel","tag-abraham-lake","tag-camping","tag-canoe-trip","tag-dramatic-departure","tag-fellow-leaders","tag-funfilled-trips","tag-laughing","tag-little-oasis","tag-nature","tag-nights","tag-normal-peaceful-quiet","tag-north-saskatchewan","tag-people","tag-students","tag-travelers","tag-usual-outdoor-experiences"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t