{"id":4839,"date":"2015-11-29T05:07:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T10:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2015-11-29T06:08:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T11:08:59","slug":"a-different-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4839","title":{"rendered":"A different perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/double_ditch_sunset_2735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/double_ditch_sunset_2735.jpg\" alt=\"double_ditch_sunset_2735\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/double_ditch_sunset_2735.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/double_ditch_sunset_2735-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/double_ditch_sunset_2735-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>This is how I like to remember the post at the north end of Double Ditch.\u00a0 Sadly, these days are long gone as erosion has torn the bank right out from under it.\u00a0 If not for some really sturdy barbed wire looped around it, this post would have tumbled down the steep cliff long, long ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0028-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"doubleditch_dji_0028\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0028.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0028-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0028-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Sadly, this is how the post looks now.\u00a0 I took some quadcopter shots today in order to get a look at the predicament I&#8217;d been unable to achieve before.\u00a0 The bank is rapidly eroding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0030-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"doubleditch_dji_0030\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0030.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0030-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0030-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That looks like a LONG fall!\u00a0 Hopefully the barbed wire holds strong and this post is able to remain for a while longer.\u00a0 Of course, if the bank erodes further, it&#8217;ll just be dangling beside the cliff anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0039-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"doubleditch_dji_0039\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0039.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0039-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2015\/11\/doubleditch_dji_0039-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> As you can see here, another big chunk of the cliff has let go.\u00a0 This area is NOT safe for people.\u00a0 This used to be a fantastic photo spot, but sadly it is no longer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I presume at some point I&#8217;ll be typing to relay the news that the post has gone over the edge. It&#8217;s only a matter of time now.\u00a0 I suppose I need to move northward to my other favorite photo spot!\u00a0 But I&#8217;m not quite ready to disclose exactly where that is just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is how I like to remember the post at the north end of Double Ditch.\u00a0 Sadly, these days are long gone as erosion has torn the bank right out from under it.\u00a0 If not for some really sturdy barbed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4839\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-bismarck-mandan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4847,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4839\/revisions\/4847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}