{"id":2201,"date":"2018-04-03T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2018-04-04T08:19:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:19:39","slug":"mitchell-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"MITCHELL CANYON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dad and I spend a morning each week going for a walk, usually at the Lafayette Reservoir.\u00a0 Sometimes we like to mix it up, and so last weekend we went out to Mitchell Canyon in Clayton, which is in the Mt. Diablo foothills.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had\u00a0<em>some<\/em> rain over the last couple of months and so the hills are still green. They fade to golden brown for most of the rest of the year, so it&#8217;s nice to enjoy the green while you can!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_142509_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2207\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142509_sm-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142509_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142509_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142509_sm.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_142743_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2208\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142743_sm-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142743_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142743_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142743_sm.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_144630_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2210\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2210\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_144630_sm-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_144630_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_144630_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_144630_sm.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_152335_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2211\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152335_sm-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152335_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152335_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152335_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152335_sm.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_152806_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2212\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2212\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152806_sm-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152806_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152806_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152806_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_152806_sm.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_153347_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2214\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2214\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153347_sm-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153347_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153347_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153347_sm.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_153338_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2213\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2213\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153338_sm-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153338_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153338_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153338_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153338_sm.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_142747_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2209\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2209\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142747_sm-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142747_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142747_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_142747_sm.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_153542_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2215\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153542_sm-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153542_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153542_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153542_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_153542_sm.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/img_20180331_154433_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2206\" src=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_154433_sm-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_154433_sm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_154433_sm-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_154433_sm-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_20180331_154433_sm.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a beautiful day &#8211; warm and sunny. Looking forward to going back!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dad and I spend a morning each week going for a walk, usually at the Lafayette Reservoir.\u00a0 Sometimes we like to mix it up, and so last weekend we went out to Mitchell Canyon in Clayton, which is in the Mt. Diablo foothills. We&#8217;ve had\u00a0some rain over the last couple of months and so &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/mitchell-canyon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MITCHELL CANYON&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-daily"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201\/revisions\/2223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}