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  "title": "Big Cedar Lodge 2023 on Jamie Thingelstad",
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        "content_html": "<p>Had a great time at Big Cedar Lodge and driving home today. Departed at 6:40 am after being the first customers at Truman’s cafe for coffee. 9 hours of driving with a couple stops on the way. Final total of 1,338 miles in four days!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/a3a7e70d61.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Map showing a road trip route from Minnesota south through Iowa to Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri, with a midpoint stop marked in Kansas City\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-22T10:34:36-05:00",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2023/10/21/we-went-to.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>We went to <a href=\"https://thehaygoods.com\">The Haygood’s</a> in Branson tonight.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/b825c81df5.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Theater audience seated before a red curtain stage with The Haygoods logo projected on it in glowing orange letters\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/f500a166fa.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Large indoor concert venue packed with hundreds of standing audience members facing a brightly lit stage with green and purple laser lights\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-21T22:18:45-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/10/21/we-went-to.html",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2023/10/21/dogwood-canyon-pasture.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Dogwood Canyon Pasture Raised Premier 32 oz Bison Tomahawk at Osage Restaurant. 🦬</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/img-8633.jpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" alt=\"32 oz bison tomahawk steak on a cast iron sizzle plate with arugula salad and cherry tomatoes, served on a wood table\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-21T18:10:48-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>View from our table at Osage Restaurant at Top of the Rock, Big Cedar Lodge.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/397925d881.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Stone terrace at Top of the Rock overlooking Ozark forest and lake, with a bison sculpture, golf green, and American and Missouri flags.\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-21T17:46:52-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>Big Cedar Lodge Signature Old Fashioned (Russell’s Reserve 10 yr). Osage Restaurant at Top of the Rock. 🥃</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/dabf7a06eb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Old Fashioned cocktail in a ribbed rocks glass with ice, an orange peel, and a dark cherry, on a wooden table outdoors\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-21T17:28:27-05:00",
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        "tags": ["Travel","Drinks","Restaurants","Big Cedar Lodge 2023"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2023/10/21/we-successfully-finished.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>We successfully finished “<a href=\"https://www.escapecode.tv/games/\">The Zeros</a>” escape room at <a href=\"https://www.escapecode.tv/\">Escape Code</a> today with <strong>1 second</strong> on the clock! We missed one clue so had to make an informed guess at the time end, but it worked out! <a href=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/lists/escape-rooms/\">Room 53</a>!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/97af444dc5.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Three people smiling together in front of The Shoppes at the Courtyard sign, flanked by industrial barrels with biohazard labels.\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-21T17:27:14-05:00",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2023/10/20/afternoon-shuffleboard-and.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Afternoon shuffleboard and pickleball!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/f0c51069aa.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Shuffleboard court with yellow and black pucks resting on scored zones marked 10, 8, 7, and negative 10.\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/d090478df0.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Woman holding a pickleball paddle standing on a green outdoor pickleball court on a sunny day surrounded by trees.\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-20T15:59:05-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>We had a great fall cruise on the <a href=\"https://bigcedar.com/dining/lady-liberty-dinner-cruise/\">Lady Liberty</a> at <a href=\"https://bigcedar.com\">Big Cedar</a>. I live boat cruises. Fall colors are a little late this year. 🍂</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/9e07a1f410.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Bow of a wooden yacht gliding across a calm lake, three passengers at the rail under a clear blue sky, forested hills ahead.\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/88a59b9b9a.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Limestone bluffs covered in early fall foliage rising above calm green lake water under a clear blue sky\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/f506c4179e.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Three people smiling together on a boat deck with a lake and tree-covered hills behind them on a sunny fall day.\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/d9773d6757.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"American flag flying from the stern of a boat cruising a lake with limestone bluffs and tree-covered hills under clear blue sky\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-20T15:57:04-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>We had a fun round of mini golf this morning at <a href=\"https://bigcedar.com\">Big Cedar</a>. Great course and the large bass was a nice signature hole! 🕳️</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/db1be05d85.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Miniature golf course at Big Cedar featuring a giant largemouth bass sculpture with an open mouth, a wooden bridge, and a rocky waterfall.\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/d1983281d1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Three people making exaggerated open-mouth shocked faces in a selfie in front of a giant largemouth bass sculpture at a mini golf course.\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/8099985884.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Mini-golf scorecard for Big Bass Mini-Golf at Big Cedar Lodge showing 9 holes with scores for three players totaling 30, 23, and 29.\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-20T14:18:19-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/10/20/we-had-a.html",
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        "content_html": "<p>Giant pretzel from Uncle Buck’s at <a href=\"https://bigcedar.com\">Big Cedar</a>. 🥨😮</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/e2fbf97130.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Giant salted pretzel on a metal stand with dipping sauce on an outdoor patio overlooking wooded hills and a glass of water nearby.\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-19T17:39:57-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>Driving through Springfield, MO and into the Ozarks so have to listen to <strong>Big Smith</strong> (<a href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/artist/big-smith/1367192092\">Apple Music</a>). Great Bluegrass music! 🎶</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-19T15:40:18-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/10/19/driving-through-springfield.html",
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        "content_html": "<p>Found some mathematically significant road signs on our drive for <a href=\"https://www.roadsignmath.xyz\">Road Sign Math</a>! 🤓 There were a few good ones I wasn’t able to get a photo for too. 😔</p>\n<p>(On micro.blog <a href=\"https://micro.blog/roadsignmath\">@roadsignmath</a> and note the MathJax doesn’t render on the timeline.)</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-19T14:58:07-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>On our way to <a href=\"https://bigcedar.com\">Big Cedar Lodge</a> for MEA weekend. Departed at 6:07 am and will be driving for 9 hours with a lunch stop at Culver’s in Liberty, Missouri.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2023/2f604c95af.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Apple CarPlay navigation screen showing I-35W S route with 644 miles remaining, 9:08 hours travel time, and 3:27 arrival, near Bryant Park in Minneapolis.\">\n",
        "date_published": "2023-10-19T10:16:07-05:00",
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