{"id":135213,"date":"2023-09-02T18:29:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=135213"},"modified":"2023-09-02T18:31:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:31:03","slug":"elk-bayou-park-in-tulare-county-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/elk-bayou-park-in-tulare-county-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Elk Bayou Park in Tulare County, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I grab our <b>buckets <\/b>off the <b>carport <\/b>floor,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>as the soft glow from the <b>lightbulb<\/b> welcomes us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The taste of <b>cinnamon<\/b> still on my lips \u2013<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I will have another cup of tea upon my return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I wrap my winter <b>jacket<\/b> around me,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>as a slight <b>tremor <\/b>of chills greet us on this December morn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Grace holds my <b>elbow<\/b> for support,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>as we walk the soft, damp grass around the ballfield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Without a word, we gather the wild <b>beets<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As I watch my daughter fill her bucket,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I know there is nowhere I would rather be<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>than wandering <b>Elk Bayou<\/b> Park in Tulare County, California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I grab our buckets off the carport floor, as the soft glow from the lightbulb welcomes us. The taste of cinnamon still on my lips \u2013 I will have another cup of tea upon my return. I wrap my winter jacket around me, as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1448,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1448"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135213"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135262,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135213\/revisions\/135262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}