{"id":1691,"date":"2007-01-28T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-28T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.woodchuckhunters.com\/blog\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2025-01-28T10:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:52:37","slug":"first-shanty-creek-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.woodchuckhunters.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/28\/first-shanty-creek-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"First Shanty Creek Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set?vanity=alex.drummer.71&amp;set=a.505018187747\">posted these photos to Facebook<\/a> after getting back to NMU. It&#8217;s proof that I socialize!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>[Author&#8217;s Note from the future: this was before the days when everyone had a portable internet connection in their pocket so these photos are from days or maybe weeks prior. This is important for me because it shows the moment Val fell on me and we started a four year relationship. 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