{"id":911,"date":"2013-02-19T21:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T21:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=911"},"modified":"2014-01-30T16:19:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T16:19:40","slug":"february-18-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"February 18, 2013 – Presidents Day, Chico Elks Lodge, Bidwell Park, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Elks<\/a> \"Far<\/a> \"Side<\/a> \"Side<\/a> \"The<\/a>\u00a0\"Back<\/a><\/p>\n

Woke up to President\u2019s Day with US flags proudly waving from every area of the lodge.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t seen that many flags flown at a single location ever.\u00a0 The words and melody to \u201cI\u2019m Proud to Be an American\u201d echoed inside my head as I snapped pictures around the property.<\/p>\n

\"Bidwell<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Bidwell<\/a>\u00a0\"Picnic<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Upper<\/a><\/p>\n

Bidwell Park plays a large part in the lives of many natives of the Chico area.\u00a0 It is almost 11 miles in length and 3,670 acres, a perfect place to bike, walk, jog, ride horses, swim, picnic, walk the dog, etc.\u00a0 It was a large part of my life as a young adult and was the location of many of my \u201cfirsts\u201d, none of which will I divulge. \u00a0\u00a0Living near it meant you didn\u2019t have to drive home drunk as its tall trees and thick brush made it a perfect place to party and then stumble home.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \"Trails,<\/a>\u00a0\"A<\/a>\u00a0\"Bidwell<\/a><\/p>\n

The park has several area\u2019s and all have their own special appeal.\u00a0 \u00a0Middle and Upper Park were a bit far for my choice of party attendance but were great for hiking and walking my dogs.\u00a0 One Mile, aka Lower Park where the stream gathers and is held together by cement walls for swimming, is flat, bordered by neighborhoods and is near the entrance and only a few blocks from where I and John lived BM (no, not poop\u2026before marriage).\u00a0 Upper Park is in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada with steep terrain and has many rock formations.\u00a0 There are several dirt paths for bikes, jogging and horseback riding.<\/p>\n

\"Outlook<\/a>\u00a0\"The<\/a>\u00a0\"Honey<\/a><\/p>\n

We drove to Paradise to check out the Paradise Elks Lodge.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never appreciated Paradise, CA.\u00a0 It is what the poorer parts of Conroe is to The Woodlands.\u00a0 Wasn\u2019t worth taking pictures back when I lived in Chico and not worth it today.\u00a0\u00a0 We drove up, turned around after checking out the Paradise Elks Lodge and drove back to Chico with only one quick stop at Lookout Point for the fantastic\u00a0view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Woke up to President\u2019s Day with US flags proudly waving from every area of the lodge.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t seen that many flags flown at a single location ever.\u00a0 The words and melody to \u201cI\u2019m Proud to Be an American\u201d … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lilypad"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=911"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3185,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911\/revisions\/3185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrellas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}