{"id":12663,"date":"2014-05-02T03:10:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T03:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/sarahsomes\/?p=73"},"modified":"2014-05-02T03:10:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T03:10:03","slug":"where-does-the-path-take-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/where-does-the-path-take-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Where does the path take you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our fifth challenge is in partnership with the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC), the custodians of the Detroit River Walk and the Dequindre Cut. Before our challenge started, I knew the River walk was a special place for me. I grew up sailing on the water and knew I would need to spend time near the water to be happy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/photo.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74\" alt=\"Milliken State Park\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/photo-300x169.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-74\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milliken State Park<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then winter hit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/winter2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77\" alt=\"Brrrr!!!\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/winter2-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-77\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brrrr!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seasonal depression grasped me in it&#8217;s spiky talons. The city become very quiet during the winter. It was hard to imagine all the energy that would fill the streets come spring. Yet, spring did come! finally! With it came our partnership with the Detroit River Front Conservancy. In one day I saw the history of the river front, the magnificent change it has gone through, and the future the DRFC has planned and I immediately felt a resurgence of passion and hope for a sunny, vibrant summer.<\/p>\n<p>Let the fun begin!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/photo-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76\" alt=\"Detroit Central City's Run for Literacy\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/photo-5-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-76\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detroit Central City&#8217;s Run for Literacy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_75\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/2-e1398916004201.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75\" alt=\"Rivard Plaza\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/2-e1398916004201-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rivard Plaza<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/photo-1-e1398999983682.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78\" alt=\"Milliken State Park wetlands\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/sarahsomes\/files\/2014\/05\/photo-1-e1398999983682-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milliken State Park wetlands<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our fifth challenge is in partnership with the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC), the custodians of the Detroit River Walk and the Dequindre Cut. Before our challenge started, I knew the River walk was a special place for me. I grew up sailing on the water and knew I would need to spend time near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}