{"id":1209,"date":"2009-09-20T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-20T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2009-09-20T14:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-20T14:49:00","slug":"fisher-at-carhenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1209","title":{"rendered":"Fisher at Carhenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On the way home from North Dakota, Fisher and I stopped at Carhenge<\/a>. The Wikipedia article compares it to its inspiration in England<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the way home from North Dakota, Fisher and I stopped at Carhenge. 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