{"id":5,"date":"2011-12-27T19:03:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T02:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theskidream.com\/?p=5"},"modified":"2012-03-01T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T16:56:47","slug":"this-is-really-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/becomes-reality","title":{"rendered":"This is really happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a dream. Well, I had one. It is no longer a dream but my current reality.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent the last decade with a telecommuted career, which affords me incredible flexibility both in terms of time and location. I&#8217;ve taken frequent advantage of that, with motorcycle trips for a few days or a couple weeks, working a couple hours each day to keep on top of the most important tasks. But I&#8217;ve also dreamed of getting a camper and hitting the road long term, continuing to work full time. Friends have given me the ol&#8217; &#8220;you should do it!&#8221; but there were always excuses. Mostly that it is a step out of my comfort zone, what with the hundreds of unknowns and things to go wrong. Hey, it was just a dream anyway, I never really expected it would happen.<\/p>\n<p>I usually thought of it as a summer trip, or at least a warm climate trip. But when the stars aligned just right at the beginning of this winter, a new angle wormed its way into my brain: I&#8217;ve been a Mountain Host in my chosen town of Whistler since &#8217;99. In that time I&#8217;ve heard all about how we are the best in North America, and also heard about many other ski hills from visitors as I toured them around BlackComb. And just this season it occurred to me: I should find out what makes this place the best for myself.<\/p>\n<p>And so, after two months of researching and preparation (which is not nearly enough time by the way) I&#8217;ve got what I believe to be a suitable RV and provisions and am on the road. Yes, this is really happening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a dream. Well, I had one. It is no longer a dream but my current reality. I&#8217;ve spent the last decade with a telecommuted career, which affords me incredible flexibility both in terms of time and location. I&#8217;ve taken frequent advantage of that, with motorcycle trips for a few days or a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theskidream.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}