{"id":2766,"date":"2009-11-19T22:23:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T03:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2022-05-22T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T12:56:15","slug":"this-tour-made-possible-by-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/this-tour-made-possible-by-you\/","title":{"rendered":"This Tour Made Possible by&#8230; You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2756\">I sent out an appeal<\/a> for sights I could cram into a single afternoon in San Francisco. Of course, the readership of Twelve Mile Circle came through with flying colors. 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