{"id":516,"date":"2017-01-01T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/01\/01\/365-days"},"modified":"2021-09-30T03:02:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T10:02:05","slug":"365-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"365 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script><div style=\"text-align: right;\">As 2016 loomed ever closer, I remember seeing a story about a gent that was hiking the Pacific Crest trail from Mexico to Canada, and taking a daily selfie to document his year long journey.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">It was quite fascinating to see the daily pictures and the changes not only in the physical appearance, but his spirit as the days went by.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I thought I would try this approach for 2016. My first day of the new year was out in the lonely west desert of Utah, near the Nevada border.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13fc6-1-1-16.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/13fc6-1-1-16.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I was in the Bonneville Salt Flats watching the sunrise, my mood was dark and apprehensive with an unsure year ahead of me :<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>-new job<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>-moving to a new State<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>-just having been denied entry to Canada<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I wasn&#8217;t in a good frame of mind, yet I took the opportunity of a New Year to be a new start for me in every way possible.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; 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