{"id":19170,"date":"2013-03-24T15:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=19170"},"modified":"2013-03-24T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:15:05","slug":"sightseeing-by-the-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=19170","title":{"rendered":"Sightseeing By the Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bloodroot Moon<\/p>\n<p>Whenever I travel, I get performance anxiety. \u00a0Weird, huh? \u00a0Spending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture-072.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-19171\" title=\"Picture 072\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture-072-265x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture-072-265x300.png 265w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture-072-905x1024.png 905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a>the amount of money required for travel makes me want to get plenty of sightseeing in per dollar. But, how much is enough?<\/p>\n<p>Surely walking past the Willard, the Dept. of Treasury, the Whitehouse and out to the Lincoln Monument, then back is enough. \u00a0Isn&#8217;t it? \u00a0How many hours at the museum or paintings per visit is enough? \u00a0Does eating in the cafeteria count?<\/p>\n<p>Now I wouldn&#8217;t raise these questions at all if I felt I&#8217;d done enough, so \u00a0you can tell how I&#8217;m doing by my own barometer, but I question my<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-19172\" title=\"Picture\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a> barometer. \u00a0At home I work most in the morning, usually a couple of hours in the afternoon after the nap, too. \u00a0That seems fine to me. \u00a0Most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>(Me wondering about enough.)<\/p>\n<p>On vacation though I get up in the morning around 8, my usual time, wander to some breakfast place, then head off for sightseeing that counts. \u00a0However, about 1 pm or so, my everyday nap habit reels me in, back to the hotel. \u00a0After a nap it&#8217;s the middle of the afternoon and doing much else just doesn&#8217;t happen until dinner. Which is the big event, then I&#8217;m done, not being a drinker, dancer, night outer type.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, it&#8217;s a very\u00a0bourgeoisie problem. \u00a0Or, it&#8217;s not exactly a problem so much as it a perception of value for the dollar. \u00a0How much more Babbity can you get?<\/p>\n<p>Ah, finally I&#8217;ve written long enough to get to the nub of it. \u00a0After my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMAG0073.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19173\" title=\"IMAG0073\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMAG0073-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMAG0073-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMAG0073-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMAG0073.jpg 1840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>trips the memories and thoughts enjoined during them always enrich my life. Always. \u00a0So, it&#8217;s not the sights seen, nor the miles walked that matter. \u00a0It&#8217;s the quality of the time overall and it has been this time and will be next time, wonderful. \u00a0 All that thinking on power that I haven&#8217;t written about yet. \u00a0But I will.<\/p>\n<p>This is a guy, just some guy, in front of the D.C. city hall getting made up for a press conference on the front steps. \u00a0A very D.C. moment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bloodroot Moon Whenever I travel, I get performance anxiety. \u00a0Weird, huh? \u00a0Spending the amount of money required for travel makes me want &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=19170\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sightseeing By the Dollar<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3967,3996,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feelings-2","category-third-phase-2","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19170"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19177,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19170\/revisions\/19177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}