{"id":2392,"date":"2014-12-25T15:41:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T23:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2024-08-12T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:42:25","slug":"death-valley-and-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2014\/12\/25\/death-valley-and-las-vegas","title":{"rendered":"Death Valley and Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reluctant to head back east for the holidays, we decided this year to road-trip through the southwest with our dog Whiskey.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We started with a drive through the central valley, stopping at <a href=\"http:\/\/harrisranch.com\">Harris Ranch<\/a> for snacks and steak, and spending the first evening at <a href=\"http:\/\/panamintsprings.com\">Panamint Springs<\/a> on Christmas Eve. It was a little chilly, but we warmed up with prickly pear cactus margaritas by the campfire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7547\/16104700431_3660ab987a_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Titus Canyon mouth\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7547\/16104700431_3660ab987a_m.jpg\" alt=\"Titus Canyon mouth\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Titus Canyon mouth<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7511\/16080839386_549822c09c_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Action Dog\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7511\/16080839386_549822c09c_m.jpg\" alt=\"Action Dog\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Action Dog<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\nAfter a morning drive through Death Valley, and a hike up Titus Canyon, we ended up in Las Vegas. We spotted our goal, Elvis in a Santa hat, and enjoyed the visual feast of the Fremont Experience and the traditional Jewish Christmas dinner of Chinese food.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7545\/15924340248_e0706f2451_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Elvis Claus at the Whiskey Licker Bar\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7545\/15924340248_e0706f2451_m.jpg\" alt=\"Xmas Elvis at the Whiskey Licker Bar\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Xmas Elvis at the Whiskey Licker Bar<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7504\/15924461500_26204f1a71_b.jpg\" target='_blank' title=\"Vegas Means Cocktails\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7504\/15924461500_26204f1a71_m.jpg\" alt=\"Vegas Means Cocktails\" class=\"alignnone \"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Vegas Means Cocktails<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reluctant to head back east for the holidays, we decided this year to road-trip through the southwest with our dog Whiskey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desert-xmas","category-whiskey"],"geo":{"latitude":36.3400192,"longitude":-117.4707031,"description":"Panamint Springs, CA, USA"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4081,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392\/revisions\/4081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}