{"id":1139,"date":"2013-07-29T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2013-07-29T17:45:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:45:37","slug":"back-home-after-a-long-weekend-in-eastern-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/?p=1139","title":{"rendered":"Back Home After a Long Weekend in Eastern Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Random observations in no particular order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I last drove I-84 east of Pendleton just under 26 years ago, when I was moving to the Northwest for the first time.<\/li>\n<li>I remember the countryside around Meacham was the last place that appeared halfway decent before I descended into the Columbia Basin. This time, that same region struck me pretty much the same way.<\/li>\n<li>Then, I was filled with dread at having to live in that unappealing place. Now, I&#8217;m glad I don&#8217;t live there anymore.<\/li>\n<li>The Columbia Basin may not be that appealing a place for me to live in, but the views of it as one descends into Pendleton are great.<\/li>\n<li>The Old Emigrant Hill Road is a much-recommended alternative to the freeway grade on Cabbage Hill, provided you&#8217;re not in a big hurry. It has plenty of big looping curves to give one great views of the basin below and almost no traffic. Heading west, the exit to take is well-marked. Heading east, take the exit for the casino but drive past the casino and down the hill, then turn right at the blinking light.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Random observations in no particular order: I last drove I-84 east of Pendleton just under 26 years ago, when I was moving to the Northwest for the first time. I remember the countryside around Meacham was the last place that appeared halfway decent before I descended into the Columbia Basin. This time, that same region [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackcap.name\/blog\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}