{"id":4422,"date":"2012-07-04T22:31:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T02:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2012-07-08T01:44:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T05:44:00","slug":"independence-driving-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=4422","title":{"rendered":"Independence Driving Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wednesday &#8211; July 4, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The complaints of the local crows woke us up early to see the sun rising slowly over the lake. We didn&#8217;t have to use the complimentary flash light on the night stand last night. The temperature outside was in the high 40s but it was warm and toasty in our room. I was glad I wasn&#8217;t camping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1923.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4425\" title=\"DSC_1923.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1923.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Lake Quinault in the Morning<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1937.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4426\" title=\"DSC_1937.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1937.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Back on Route 101 Southbound<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1938.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4427\" title=\"DSC_1938.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1938.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Willapa Bay &#8211; &#8220;Oyster Capital of the World&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1945.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4428\" title=\"DSC_1945.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1945.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Lower Willapa Bay at Low Tide<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1951.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4429\" title=\"DSC_1951.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1951.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Oyster Boat at the Dock<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1960.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4430\" title=\"DSC_1960.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1960.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Where the Columbia River Meets the Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1958.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4431\" title=\"DSC_1958.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1958.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Dismal Nitch: Campsite of Lewis &amp; Clark in 1805<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1962.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4432\" title=\"DSC_1962.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1962.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Kite Museum in Long Beach, Washington<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1968.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4433\" title=\"DSC_1968.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1968.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Owl Kite<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1978.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4434\" title=\"DSC_1978.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1978.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Asian Kites<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1999.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4435\" title=\"DSC_1999.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1999.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>World War II Kites<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1980.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4436\" title=\"DSC_1980.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1980.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Japanese Kites<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1998.resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4437\" title=\"DSC_1998.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1998.resized.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Colorful Kites<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1940.resized1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4439\" title=\"DSC_1940.resized\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1940.resized1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Memorial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday &#8211; July 4, 2012 The complaints of the local crows woke us up early to see the sun rising slowly over the lake. We didn&#8217;t have to use the complimentary flash light on the night stand last night. The temperature outside was in the high 40s but it was warm and toasty in our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","category-united-states","category-western-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4422"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4441,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions\/4441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}