{"id":3324,"date":"2012-10-13T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2012\/10\/13\/the-way-to-wallace-falls"},"modified":"2021-09-08T07:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:10:56","slug":"the-way-to-wallace-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=3324","title":{"rendered":"the way to Wallace Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The day is like any other to most.<br \/>A beautiful Saturday morning in early Autumn, people doing their shopping, sitting on porches in the early light.<br \/>People getting ready to walk off the workweek up in the hills.<br \/><a style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/b6d0e-dsc02535.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/b6d0e-dsc02535.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>I blend in with the locals, just another person<br \/>and yet not.<br \/>An observer, a scribe with a lens and head full of random thoughts<br \/>as I find the trail in the land of Gold Bar, and venture to hike up to Wallace Falls.\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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