{"id":428,"date":"2016-02-06T20:54:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T20:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=428"},"modified":"2016-03-06T01:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T01:57:13","slug":"goose-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/02\/06\/goose-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Goose Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had made reservations at Goose Island State Park for a few days and we needed to pick up a package there. \u00a0The drive to the park was pretty straight forward but the park was surprisingly full. \u00a0They told us to drive around and figure out a spot we wanted and then come back. \u00a0We were camping in the &#8220;wooded area&#8221; which is full of really cool trees&#8230;but could I squeeze my big rolling home into some of these spots? \u00a0We chose one we thought would work and started to park. \u00a0It was a back in site so Steph spotted my blind side while I backed in. \u00a0An englishman from Canada, Tim, came over to help while our neighbor Lee watched. \u00a0One shot was all it took!<\/p>\n<p>After setting up home and having some lunch Dacen and I went for a bike ride to the bay. \u00a0It was SUPER windy out at the &#8220;premium&#8221; bay side campsites&#8230;.sure glad we&#8217;re in the wooded area. \u00a0Our package had arrived at the park office so we picked it up on our way home.<\/p>\n<p>We hung out in the yard for awhile then the kids and I went on a walk around the park. \u00a0We found a nature trail that was real nice. \u00a0We met a dog, climbed a tree and toured a teardrop camper.<\/p>\n<p>I definitely prefer the state park campgrounds to the commercial, private parks. \u00a0Sure they don&#8217;t have sewer but our tanks do the trick for several days. \u00a0They have so much more space, great\u00a0views, are quiet and CHEAP!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157662125372844_3738\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1661\/24881612186_4f284a0035.jpg\" title=\"Dacen and Papa go for a bike ride to the bay\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Dacen and Papa go for a bike ride to the bay<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1606\/24881613546_5263492e0c.jpg\" title=\"Dacen on the bay\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Dacen on the bay<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1518\/24279776024_2281c87fb1.jpg\" title=\"A sand (or shell) bar\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>A sand (or shell) bar<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1485\/24881611186_0559b5d8ec.jpg\" title=\"Home\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Home<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1493\/24789974632_e25081c775.jpg\" title=\"Tailgate party\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Tailgate party<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1677\/24814540721_a816ef6e63.jpg\" title=\"Nature hike\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Nature hike<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1683\/24281023733_acdbb7e4f1.jpg\" title=\"Great climbing trees out here\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Great climbing trees out here<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1693\/24789953852_2fc2a8d321.jpg\" title=\"The &quot;big tree&quot; over 1000 years old\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>The \"big tree\" over 1000 years old<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1614\/24279751344_c6f01a652c.jpg\" title=\"Seriously some of the best climbing trees I&#039;ve seen\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Seriously some of the best climbing trees I've seen<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157662125372844_3738\").data(\"options\",{\"delay\":3000,\"autoplay\":true,\"transition\":500,\"link\":\"next\",\"target\":\"_self\",\"width\":\"\",\"height\":\"\"});<\/script><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had made reservations at Goose Island State Park for a few days and we needed to pick up a package there. \u00a0The drive to the park was pretty straight forward but the park was surprisingly full. \u00a0They told us to drive around and figure out a spot we wanted and then come back. \u00a0We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}