{"id":822,"date":"2006-02-07T06:45:50","date_gmt":"2006-02-07T11:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/cold_morning_on"},"modified":"2006-02-07T06:45:50","modified_gmt":"2006-02-07T11:45:50","slug":"cold_morning_on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=822","title":{"rendered":"Cold morning on the Blue Ridge Parkway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/dsc06830web_3.jpg\" title=\"Dsc06830web_3\" alt=\"Dsc06830web_3\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/>This sign is on the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Floyd. Blowing snow has almost obscured the legend. To see a closer view of the sign, click <a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/blue_ridge_parkway\/blueridgeparkway1.html\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>We live near a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway that has no barrier gates because it is the only access road for farms in this particular area. <\/p>\n<p>On some mornings, this section of the Parkway may be impassible, but you have the right and the opportunity to terrify yourself with a ride on the wild side, because there are no barriers, except common sense, to keep you from driving on one of the most beautiful and dangerous roads in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The Parkway is not plowed and it freezes over frequently with long stretches of black ice on which tires will get no grip.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the wind will whip over the ridge with enough force to drag a four-wheel drive vehicle sideways on the frost-covered road, even when there is no ice buildup.<\/p>\n<p>The reward for those foolhardy enough to take the risks is that the views are spectacular in bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>We had to make a trip north last week to transact business in Charlottesville and we decided to take the Parkway even though there were snow flurries and high winds in the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>We experienced high winds, but the snow never materialized and we got some spectacular shots of the oncoming storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sign is on the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Floyd. Blowing snow has almost obscured the legend. To see a closer view of the sign, click here. We live near a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway that has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=822\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1778],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-dg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}