{"id":79878,"date":"2012-01-26T00:22:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T05:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/79878\/tour-djoko-2012-skagit-river-eagles\/"},"modified":"2012-01-26T00:22:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T05:22:13","slug":"tour-djoko-2012-skagit-river-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/79878\/tour-djoko-2012-skagit-river-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour d’Joko 2012: Skagit River Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was so looking forward to today that when I woke up extremely early at around 5:30 AM, I didn\u2019t even think about going back to sleep.\u00a0 Checked the internet (yup, still there), showered, cup o\u2019 joe, and I was out the door in the complete darkness by 6:15 AM.<\/font><\/p>\n

Why was I so excited?\u00a0 In part, it has to do with an odd scheduling practice at work.\u00a0 For three weeks or so, it\u2019s great.\u00a0 My schedule is never the same from one week to the next.\u00a0 I work 3 or 4 days, then get 2 days off, work another 3 days, then 2 days off.\u00a0 But then comes the dreaded long run of working 12 out of 14 days in a row, with no consecutive days off\u2026 the switch from that burdensome stretch to the nice light one happened today.\u00a0 I was so looking forward to these days off\u2026.<\/font><\/p>\n

Which, in my usual fashion, I celebrated by going on a Tour d\u2019Joko and making a travel video.\u00a0 \u2018<\/p>\n

\"\"Back to the Upper Skagit River, a place I had been to in \u201809 and \u201810, but missed in \u201811 due to that no-car-no-license-life-in-complete-shambles thing I\u2019m finally emerging out of.<\/p>\n

I was going to see one thing in particular:\u00a0 the bald eagles. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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I was also planning a 3 mile hike through a state park up in that neck of the woods.\u00a0 Apparently, Smokey the Bear needed a weekend off to or something.\u00a0 Budget cuts?\u00a0 I have no idea. <\/font><\/p>\n


\nSEE THE SCENIC BACK ALLEYS OF CONCRETE, WASHINGTON!<\/font><\/p>\n

CATCH THE GRIPPING \u201cJOKO MAKES A 5-POINT TURN TO GET OUT OF A GATED DRIVEWAY\u201d SCENE!<\/font><\/p>\n

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MARVEL AT THE PROGRESSIVE BLUE-STATE GRAFFITTI ON THE WALLS OF A ROADSIDE POT-O-POTTY!!<\/font><\/p>\n

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I found my hike.\u00a0 A PATH!! A PATH!!<\/font><\/p>\n

I found my eagles.\u00a0 Mostly mottle-headed juvenile eagles though.<\/font><\/p>\n

I had a good day.<\/font><\/p>\n

Gosh… Where to go tomorrow?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was so looking forward to today that when I woke up extremely early at around 5:30 AM, I didn\u2019t even think about going back to sleep.\u00a0 Checked the internet (yup, still there), showered, cup o\u2019 joe, and I was out the door in the complete darkness by 6:15 AM. Why was I so excited?\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,837,25],"tags":[443,4753,81,4752],"class_list":["post-79878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-nature-2","category-world","tag-birds","tag-eagles","tag-joko","tag-kottke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}