{"id":134698,"date":"2017-09-15T12:02:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T18:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134698"},"modified":"2017-09-15T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T20:28:10","slug":"good-walk-unspoiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/15\/good-walk-unspoiled.html","title":{"rendered":"A good walk, unspoiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Had an unexpected opportunity &#8212; through some professional \/ job-networking contacts &#8212; to play a fun round of golf yesterday, down at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrowheadcolorado.com\/\">Arrowhead Golf Club<\/a>, which is not only a nice course, but stunningly scenic, set in the red rock razorbacks that stretch from the Boulder flatirons to Red Rocks Amphitheater down to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p>As a vendor-sponsored event, it was very cushy, and as a chance to get out on the links, it was a welcome chance to do something I haven&#8217;t done in a couple of years. Of course, my <i>play<\/i> also represented not having done it in a couple of years, but I managed to contribute semi-adequately to my team, so all in all it was a fine time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6466067042094919665\/6466067043302509698\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-FOoYCsp9Ba0\/WbwVt5noDII\/AAAAAAAEhGw\/s18uPfzrX_cofj9qnKUJ3q3HhFSWyuJzACJoC\/IMG_20170914_103008.jpg?imgmax=660\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/WcsYNikUeEn\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had an unexpected opportunity &#8212; through some professional \/ job-networking contacts &#8212; to play a fun round of golf yesterday, down at Arrowhead Golf Club, which is not only a nice course, but stunningly scenic, set in the red rock razorbacks that stretch from the Boulder flatirons to Red Rocks Amphitheater down to Garden of &hellip; 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