{"id":106,"date":"2006-05-27T20:27:26","date_gmt":"2006-05-28T04:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/archives\/family\/ranger-dougs-rules"},"modified":"2006-05-27T20:32:33","modified_gmt":"2006-05-28T04:32:33","slug":"ranger-dougs-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Ranger Doug&#8217;s Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we hiked the loop trail to the High Sierra Camps in Yosemite a few years ago our guide was &#8220;Ranger Doug.&#8221;  He is full of fun, wisdom and awe and was a terrific guide.  We wrote these rules based on the advise he gave us during the week we spent with him:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42316886@N00\/154551703\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yosemite 2002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/59\/154551703_4b6a0315d0_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Ranger Doug\u2019s Rules<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Take Heart<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">For every uphill there is an equal and opposite downhill.<\/p>\n<p>Rip Rap is not a type of Pop Music.<\/p>\n<p>Guiardia is not a chocolate factory in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Assume the signs are wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Mosquitoes are not an endangered species<\/p>\n<p>Never miss an opportunity to take off your pack and boots.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t like the weather wait 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The cure for boredom is adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain Lions, Rattlesnakes and Bears.  Oh my!<\/p>\n<p>Hydration is the cure.  What is the problem?<\/p>\n<p>Being in the high country is like living in a postcard.<\/p>\n<p>Once in your life walk barefoot in a meadow.<\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42316886@N00\/154546399\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yosemite 2002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/68\/154546399_947f4bdff5_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Walking barefoot in a meadow<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Click on the picture to see more Yosemite photos. <\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we hiked the loop trail to the High Sierra Camps in Yosemite a few years ago our guide was &#8220;Ranger Doug.&#8221; He is full of fun, wisdom and awe and was a terrific guide. We wrote these rules based on the advise he gave us during the week we spent with him: Ranger Doug\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-simon-says"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99jGb-1I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}