{"id":15357,"date":"2025-01-05T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15357"},"modified":"2025-01-05T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T16:57:18","slug":"winter-shadows-end-and-beginning-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15357","title":{"rendered":"Winter Shadows – End and Beginning of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The first day of the year is a big deal for hikers and geocachers. I went to a private park to find a first day geocache. And I got a “souvenir.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went looking for another geocache close by. The area it is in is a mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of spray can graffiti. I hate it the colorful mess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is quite popular. I found the cache but I cannot count it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was way up in a tree. Do you see the black tube at the top of the photo. In year’s past I would go ahead and climb the tree. I could probably do it now but I am 69 years old and the penalty for falling could be bad. (Maybe I couldn’t climb the tree. My orthopedic doc says I need a complete new right knee. Soon, I am going to enlist my wife to come with me to go visit him and get it scheduled<\/em>.) So I can’t count it as a find because to do that you have to open the container and sign the log. I’m kind of a stickler for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went on a first day hike as well. I went on a one mile loop at Turkey Mountain. The trail was named by the Muskogee Creek Tribe. I am not sure what it means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winter is a time for either no shadows during long periods of heavily overcast days or long shadows. I love the long shadows of winter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went for a walk near the new Zink Dam and Williams Crossing Bridge on the Arkansas River. There was a long bridge shadow on the water. Don’t remember too many water shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The playgrounds that are busy when it is warmer are empty in the winter. This looks like a fun place to play. The ground surface is ultra spongey to keep little ones from getting hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I walked over the Gathering Place and checked the shadows out there as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year 2025!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shadow Shot Sunday<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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