{"id":7417,"date":"2013-10-23T11:51:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T16:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=7417"},"modified":"2013-10-23T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T16:51:22","slug":"big-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=7417","title":{"rendered":"BIG COUNTRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7427\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7427\" alt=\"NEVADA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEVADA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7429\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7429\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-28-6-29-13-176240-Version-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7429\" alt=\"LOUISIANA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-28-6-29-13-176240-Version-21-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-28-6-29-13-176240-Version-21-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-28-6-29-13-176240-Version-21-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOUISIANA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7426\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/west-texas-7-4-13-177386.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7426\" alt=\"WEST TEXAS\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/west-texas-7-4-13-177386-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/west-texas-7-4-13-177386-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/west-texas-7-4-13-177386-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WEST TEXAS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7425\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-285-7-5-13-177565-Version-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7425\" alt=\"NEW MEXICO\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-285-7-5-13-177565-Version-21-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-285-7-5-13-177565-Version-21-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-285-7-5-13-177565-Version-21-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW MEXICO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7424\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shiprock-7-6-13-177908.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7424\" alt=\"NEW MEXICO\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shiprock-7-6-13-177908-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shiprock-7-6-13-177908-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/shiprock-7-6-13-177908-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW MEXICO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7423\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7423\" alt=\"NEVADA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202829-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202829-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202829-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEVADA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7422\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7422\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-27-13-204247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7422\" alt=\"OHIO\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-27-13-204247-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-27-13-204247-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-27-13-204247-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OHIO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7421\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-70-9-27-13-204149.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7421\" alt=\"KANSAS\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-70-9-27-13-204149-1024x715.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-70-9-27-13-204149-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-70-9-27-13-204149-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-70-9-27-13-204149.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KANSAS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7420\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844-Version-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7420\" alt=\"NEVADA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844-Version-21-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844-Version-21-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202844-Version-21-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEVADA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7419\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7419\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burlington-9-27-13-204138.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7419\" alt=\"COLORADO\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burlington-9-27-13-204138-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burlington-9-27-13-204138-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/burlington-9-27-13-204138-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">COLORADO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7418\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202835.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7418\" alt=\"NEVADA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202835-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202835-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/route-50-9-24-13-202835-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEVADA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7430\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7430\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/luray-6-26-13-174970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7430\" alt=\"VIRGINIA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/luray-6-26-13-174970-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/luray-6-26-13-174970-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/luray-6-26-13-174970-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VIRGINIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I am still awed by the size of the country; particularly the west. It is simply put: big country.<\/p>\n<p>I am flying to San Diego tonight. Yes I just returned from the west. I will hope to post while there. Somehow flying is not as fulfilling as the drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am still awed by the size of the country; particularly the west. It is simply put: big country. I am flying to San Diego tonight. Yes I just returned from the west. I will hope to post while there. Somehow flying is not as fulfilling as the drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[345,1427],"tags":[1864],"class_list":["post-7417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-travel","tag-big-country"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7431,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions\/7431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}