{"id":4297,"date":"2017-02-10T19:25:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T18:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2017-02-10T19:25:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T18:25:17","slug":"on-a-walk-with-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/02\/10\/on-a-walk-with-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"On a walk with a friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Lynn and I took just one walk along the beach, though she and sometimes her husband are trying to do it often. \u00a0Walks with friends are not just about having healthier bodies, they&#8217;re about solving the world&#8217;s problems and sharing your hearts. \u00a0This walk turned out to have the addition of being able to watch, briefly, because of course we were speeding right along LOL, a colony of dassies, or rock hyraxes, playing amongst the rocks.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-dassies-on-the-rocks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4299\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-dassies-on-the-rocks.jpg\" alt=\"blog dassies on the rocks\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-dassies-on-the-rocks.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-dassies-on-the-rocks-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photo of one close-up that I found online, so you can see more than just a little brown blob. \u00a0Back in CAR, we have tree hyraxes, that make a blood curdling scream as they come down out of the trees to freak out their predators.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-rock_hyrax_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4300\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-rock_hyrax_3.jpg\" alt=\"blog rock_hyrax_3\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-rock_hyrax_3.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/02\/blog-rock_hyrax_3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4297&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Lynn and I took just one walk along the beach, though she and sometimes her husband are trying to do it often. \u00a0Walks with friends are not just about having healthier bodies, they&#8217;re about solving the world&#8217;s problems &hellip; 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