{"id":2631,"date":"2011-08-07T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2011-12-22T19:42:14","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T01:42:14","slug":"into-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/07\/into-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Into The Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5147blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2631]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5147blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110723_5147blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5147blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5147blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5147blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been so hot for so long here that 105 degree days are no longer remarkable. A couple weeks ago we decided to hit the coolest spot in the state that&#8217;s not inside a building: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/fsinternet\/!ut\/p\/c5\/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72DTgBAjAwgAykeaxcN4jhYG_h4eYX5hPgYwefy6w0H24dcPNgEHcDTQ9_PIz03VL8iNMMgycVQEAObEnGA!\/dl3\/d3\/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfMjAwMDAwMDBBODBPSEhWTjJNMDAwMDAwMDA!\/?navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&#038;cid=stelprdb5251432&#038;navid=100000000000000&#038;pnavid=null&#038;ss=110810&#038;position=Not%20Yet%20Determined.Html&#038;ttype=detail&#038;pname=Ozark-St.%20Francis%20National%20Forests-%20Special%20Places\" title=\"Blanchard Springs Caverns\">Blanchard Springs Caverns<\/a>. Abby referred to it as going into the earth. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5162blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2631]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5162blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110723_5162blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5162blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5162blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5162blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5183blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2631]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5183blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110723_5183blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5183blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5183blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5183blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cavern is actually a three level affair with the third level being an underground river or creek. It emerges from the mountain at Blanchard Spring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5198blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2631]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5198blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110723_5198blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5198blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5198blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110723_5198blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped off at Mountain View, folk music capital of the region, to check out the street music and eat supper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5204blogbig.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2631]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5204blogsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20110723_5204blogsmall\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5204blogsmall.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5204blogsmall-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110723_5204blogsmall-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been so hot for so long here that 105 degree days are no longer remarkable. A couple weeks ago we decided to hit the coolest spot in the state that&#8217;s not inside a building: Blanchard Springs Caverns. Abby referred to it as going into the earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,79,21],"tags":[131],"class_list":["post-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arkansas","category-exploring","category-family-fun","tag-blanchard-springs-caverns","entry entry-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2780,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631\/revisions\/2780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dondailey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}