{"id":62739,"date":"2019-08-17T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=62739"},"modified":"2019-08-17T21:07:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T03:07:48","slug":"tripping-and-family-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/17\/tripping-and-family-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Tripping and family meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well after 3+ weeks in OK is was nice to get back to Colorado and cool down a bit.&#160; On the drive back we made a \u201ctouristy\u201d stop in western Kansas\u2026 I had seen the signs for years about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/category\/Ice-Cream-Shop\/Rays-Pharmacy-Q-Value-124471080930448\/\">Rays Pharmacy in Quenter<\/a>.&#160; The signs brag about the old time Soda Fountain.&#160; So we stopped, and took a small detour to see this place\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a 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title=\"1-NIK_0081\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-NIK_0081\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1-NIK_0081_thumb.jpg?resize=610%2C408&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"610\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>amd proof that the principals were there for the meeting and \u2026 partaking of the food\u2026 Thanks to Dave and Tam for all the great stuff we had\u2026 I know no one left hungery\u2026 at least I sure didn\u2019t\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>We also had a couple of extended family show\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1-NIK_0079-001.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1-NIK_0079-001\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1-NIK_0079-001\" 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