{"id":210,"date":"2006-12-08T23:06:41","date_gmt":"2006-12-09T04:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/08\/sleigh-ride\/"},"modified":"2006-12-08T23:10:02","modified_gmt":"2006-12-09T04:10:02","slug":"sleigh-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2006\/sleigh-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleigh Ride!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearby downtown Apex does a really nice job during Christmas &#8211; they blocked off the roads and set up sleigh rides!  With no snow on the ground, we had to opt for rubber wheels, but we did have horses &#8211; lots of them!  And the girls&#8217; horse instructor, Miss Deb, ran the show, so the girls got extra rides up in the front &#8211; thanks Miss Deb!<\/p>\n<p>The downtown is decked out in splendor, and the many many fun shops, full of artsy trinkets and holiday smells, all throw their doors open for the night.  Fun!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/SleighRideApex2006.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/SleighRideApex2006_tn.jpg?w=656\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearby downtown Apex does a really nice job during Christmas &#8211; they blocked off the roads and set up sleigh rides! With no snow on the ground, we had to opt for rubber wheels, but we did have horses &#8211; lots of them! And the girls&#8217; horse instructor, Miss Deb, ran the show, so the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2006\/sleigh-ride\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sleigh Ride!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-3o","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":400,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2009\/biked-to-downtown-for-bike-to-work-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":210,"position":0},"title":"Biked to downtown for Bike-To-Work week","author":"m","date":"May 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"At 24 miles one-way, it was a good ride! 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