{"id":5896,"date":"2019-07-02T14:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=5896"},"modified":"2019-07-02T14:03:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:03:45","slug":"a-break-in-the-badlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2019\/07\/02\/a-break-in-the-badlands\/","title":{"rendered":"A Break in the Badlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Camp-on-the-Red-Deer-River.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Camp-on-the-Red-Deer-River-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Camp-on-the-Red-Deer-River-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Camp-on-the-Red-Deer-River-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Camp-on-the-Red-Deer-River-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Camp-on-the-Red-Deer-River-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Camp-on-the-Red-Deer-River-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Our tent on the banks of the Red Deer River.<\/p>\n<p>After a full spring of leading canoe trips, photography, and classes, I got to take a break with Anna. We headed out to the Red Deer River and had the most relaxing canoe trip of our lives. We took three days to do a stretch of river that could have been done in one long day. To fill the days we wandered in and out of the badlands, mooed at the cows we drifted by, and tested out the packraft I built this past winter (found two slow leaks that I think I have patched now). Next week I&#8217;m off guiding again which will fill up most of the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Just a quick note about prints: I know some of you have been looking for more northern lights prints. Tix on the Square sold out a while ago but they will have a new supply in a couple days!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our tent on the banks of the Red Deer River. After a full spring of leading canoe trips, photography, and classes, I got to take a break with Anna. We headed out to the Red Deer River and had the most relaxing canoe trip of our lives. 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