{"id":214,"date":"2018-10-04T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2018-10-04T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:00:19","slug":"start-here-document-the-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/04\/start-here-document-the-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3     Show Me Your Sign!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1016309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-215\" src=\"http:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1016309-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1016309\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Alan and I began using the alphabet to set the course for our adventures, I wanted a way to keep track of which letters we had already used.\u00a0 We decided to begin each date by photographing ourselves while holding the current letter.\u00a0 I made a set of signs by attaching vinyl stencils to colorful poster board.\u00a0\u00a0We keep the full set of letters in a large zip lock baggie, in my car.\u00a0\u00a0 This way, they are ready to detour at all times, to any place that we decide to discover.\u00a0\u00a0Eventually I will decorate these signs a little more, but I wanted something simple to get started.\u00a0 I am thinking as we complete an adventure, we will sign them with the location and\/or activity that we did and the date.<\/p>\n<p>The fun part about using the letters is that people often ask us why we are holding them up.\u00a0 By nature, Alan is an introvert and fairly quiet.\u00a0 As he shares his passion for our travels and our relationship with others, \u00a0I have watched\u00a0him change.\u00a0 I am always surprised by peoples interest.\u00a0 Both young and older people approach us, married or single.\u00a0\u00a0Once people catch on to our antics, they\u00a0often offer additional ideas for the area that we are exploring!\u00a0 In turn, if we find other traveler&#8217;s along the way, we\u00a0have been able to offer suggestions for great places to explore.<\/p>\n<p>What other ways could you think of to document the letter you are currently working on?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Alan and I began using the alphabet to set the course for our adventures, I wanted a way to keep track of which letters we had already used.\u00a0 We decided to begin each date by photographing ourselves while holding the current letter.\u00a0 I made a set of signs by attaching vinyl stencils to colorful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[366],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography-journal-scrapbooking","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcexplorers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}