{"id":21629,"date":"2019-08-18T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T20:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=21629"},"modified":"2024-10-04T10:59:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:59:30","slug":"fifteen-hundred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/fifteen-hundred\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big Milestone &#8211; 1500!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My travels this summer fell into a distinct pattern as I completed recent Twelve Mile Circle articles.\u00a0I didn&#8217;t even plan to mention the most recent long weekend excursion until I crossed an important milestone somewhat unexpectedly.\u00a0This marked our annual visit to Madison, Wisconsin for the <a href=\"https:\/\/greattaste.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Taste of the Midwest<\/a> beer festival, our tenth straight year in a row.\u00a0No big deal.\u00a0That wasn&#8217;t the milestone, and I&#8217;ve talked about that plenty of times so I don&#8217;t need to add anything more.\u00a0However, enough other interesting things happened last week so I decided to post an overview anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One More Trip to Chicago<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/48540487872\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48540487872_f5df9199bf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago skyline. 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