{"id":184611022,"date":"2010-11-07T16:50:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T16:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=184611022"},"modified":"2010-11-07T16:50:22","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T16:50:22","slug":"mary-bernsens-photo-contest-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=184611022","title":{"rendered":"Mary Bernsen\u2019s Photo Contest Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from EcoVelo by Alan<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-debug\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-annotations\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-body\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecovelo.info\/images\/pc3-274-bernsen-485.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Bernsen\" height=\"729\" width=\"485\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecovelo.info\/images\/pc3-274-bernsen-1000.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecovelo.info\/images\/zoom.gif\" alt=\"Zoom\" height=\"13\" width=\"42\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Why I ride?<\/p>\n<p>The view is different from the handle bars.<br \/>\nWhen my legs start moving, clarity of thoughts start flowing.<br \/>\nThe busy pace of day-to-day is forgotten.<br \/>\nThe senses begin to awaken.<\/p>\n<p>The view is different from the handle bars.<br \/>\nI feel the chill of the morning, the heat of the mid-afternoon sun, and the breeze at night.<br \/>\nI smell the sweet scent of the flowers, the newly mowed grass and the wet pavement.<br \/>\nI hear the insects buzzing, the birds chirping, and the air whispering behind my ears. <\/p>\n<p>The view is different from the handle bars.<br \/>\nStrangers become acquaintances and new friendship emerges.<br \/>\nScenic locations are discovered and unknown paths are explored.<\/p>\n<p>My soul rejoices as the sense of wonder waits in every turn.<br \/>\nThe wind gently strokes my face, and a smile begins to form.  <\/p>\n<p>The view is truly different from the handle bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Mary Bernsen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ecovelo\/posts\/~3\/bjeJn7__w98\/\">https:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/ecovelo\/posts\/~3\/bjeJn7__w98\/<\/a>oldId.20101107165022752<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from EcoVelo by Alan Why I ride? The view is different from the handle bars. When my legs start moving, clarity of thoughts start flowing. The busy pace of day-to-day is forgotten. The senses begin to awaken. The view is different from the handle bars. I feel the chill of the morning, the heat of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=184611022\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mary Bernsen\u2019s Photo Contest Entry&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184611022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184611022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184611022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184611022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184611022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184611022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184611022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}