{"id":352,"date":"2018-06-15T11:11:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2018-06-14T07:55:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T13:55:09","slug":"cotton-in-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/15\/cotton-in-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton in Wyoming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wyoming state tree is the Plains Cottonwood, a member of the willow family. They are called cotton trees because of the cotton like substance that surrounds the seeds. One person told me you could spin the cottony fluff, I&#8217;m not sure if they were pulling my leg.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"354\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/15\/cotton-in-wyoming\/cottonwood-tree\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-T820&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1528741488&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00250626566416&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cottonwood tree\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cottonwood tree in the Newcastle park.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?resize=525%2C700\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood-tree.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cottonwood tree in the Newcastle park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/15\/cotton-in-wyoming\/cottonwood2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-T820&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1528741503&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cottonwood2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The cotton like fluffy stuff.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?resize=525%2C700\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/cottonwood2.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cotton like fluffy stuff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wyoming state tree is the Plains Cottonwood, a member of the willow family. They are called cotton trees because of the cotton like substance that surrounds the seeds. One person told me you could spin the cottony fluff, I&#8217;m not sure if they were pulling my leg.<\/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":[4,51],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-travel","tag-wyoming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ImxW-5G","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","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=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}