{"id":3437,"date":"2016-07-17T16:23:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T22:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=3437"},"modified":"2016-07-13T12:23:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T18:23:15","slug":"evening-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2016\/07\/17\/evening-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I tend to go for a lot of evening hikes, walks, and runs. They require a different sort of planning than mid-day outings. They require an being aware of the terrain you’ve traveled over and knowing the directions to get back to your starting point in the dark. They require a headlamp and extra batteries in your pack. But if you’re prepared, an evening walk is a stress-free adventure. Often, right before sunset and at sunset is when animals are most active – having a final evening snack and finding a place to settle down for the night. Watching the sun set and the stars finally getting their chance to shine, watching the world slowly slip in darkness and stillness – it’s a peaceful, beautiful and exciting time.<\/p>\n

Taken near Grey Whale Cove State Beach, California
\n12mm, f9, 1\/125 of a second<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I tend to go for a lot of evening hikes, walks, and runs. They require a different sort of planning than mid-day outings. They require an being aware of the terrain you’ve traveled over and knowing the directions to get back to your starting point in the dark. They require a headlamp and extra batteries […]<\/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":[732,87,728],"tags":[3045,3046,3048,3049,3043,3044,2623,3047,3035,3050,771],"class_list":["post-3437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape-2","category-photo-of-the-day","category-water-2","tag-evening-hikes","tag-evening-walk","tag-exciting-time","tag-extra-batteries","tag-final-evening-snack","tag-grey-whale-cove","tag-headlamp","tag-midday-outings","tag-stillness","tag-stressfree-adventure","tag-sunset"],"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