{"id":1458,"date":"2013-10-14T05:24:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/?page_id=1458"},"modified":"2013-10-14T05:55:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:55:03","slug":"roads-in-the-big-bend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/?page_id=1458","title":{"rendered":"Roads of the Big Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"alpn0666\" src=\"http:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/alpn06661.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The small towns of the Big Bend are separated by\u00a0distance due to the need for ample wide open spaces to display\u00a0our incredible scenery.<\/p>\n<p>Happily,\u00a0we are connected by an excellent series of highways, originally\u00a0worn into the sand and rock by\u00a0explorers, cowboys, Apaches, Commanches, trappers, prospectors, the cavalry, and the occasional Texas Ranger or sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>Lined with classic western\u00a0scenery: deserts, mountains, meadows, wildlife, and even the Rio Grande, our highways evoke their past, but the trails of the wagon train, cattle drives, and railroad have given way to pavement traveled by\u00a0musicians, tourists, historians, artists, astronomers, writers, archeologists, and &#8212; even\u00a0now &#8212; cowboys. <\/p>\n<p>We have the straight kinds of roads, and the curvy variety, going both up and down, but they&#8217;re long.  A word of advice.  Get gas when you can.  And go to the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>A word of warning.\u00a0 Be vigilant, for others use the road, too, &#8212; deer, antelope, wild burros, javelinas, buzzards &#8212;\u00a0and the occasional Texas Ranger or sheriff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The small towns of the Big Bend are separated by\u00a0distance due to the need for ample wide open spaces to display\u00a0our incredible scenery. Happily,\u00a0we are connected by an excellent series of highways, originally\u00a0worn into the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shootbigbend.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}