{"id":2391,"date":"2019-10-24T02:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T09:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2019-10-13T19:01:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T02:01:53","slug":"its-all-downhill-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/its-all-downhill-from-here\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s all downhill from here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, it is my birthday! And what a day it turned out to be. It all started with a night of stealth camping next to a beautiful mountain lake inside Yosemite National Park and breakfast at almost 10,000 feet overlooking another mountain lake. From there it went all down hill\u2026literally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We left the mountains behind and travelled down and down and down some more, right to 200 feet below sea level at the Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park. The only thing that went up was the temperature! We went from a chilly night of 25 degrees to an afternoon of 100 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-attachment-id=\"2393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/its-all-downhill-from-here\/z-birthday-1-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570518985&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"z-Birthday-1-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?fit=525%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?fit=525%2C350\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-1-1.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A beautiful stealth camping spot inside a remote corner of Yosemite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 640;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/InShot_20191013_194601394-1.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Breakfast above a gorgeous mountain lake just below 10,000 ft at Tioga Pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-attachment-id=\"2395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/its-all-downhill-from-here\/z-birthday-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570552605&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"z-Birthday-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?fit=525%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?fit=525%2C350\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/z-Birthday-2.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The sign says it all!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, it is my birthday! And what a day it turned out to be. It all started with a night of stealth camping next to a beautiful mountain lake inside Yosemite National Park and breakfast at almost 10,000 feet overlooking another mountain lake. From there it went all down hill\u2026literally. We left the mountains behind &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/its-all-downhill-from-here\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s all downhill from here&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[365,366,361],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-birthday","tag-death-valley","tag-yosemite"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ImxW-Cz","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions\/2396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}