{"id":4346,"date":"2022-07-19T21:58:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T21:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:19:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:19:48","slug":"plains-of-abraham-looop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2022\/07\/19\/plains-of-abraham-looop\/","title":{"rendered":"Plains of Abraham Looop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, July 9, 2022<\/p>\n<p>The second hike we did on our Mt. St. Helens weekend was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wta.org\/go-hiking\/hikes\/plains-of-abraham-windy-pass-loop\">Plains of Abraham loop<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We drove out Road 99 to its end at Windy Ridge. We had a partial view of Spirit Lake from the parking lot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224589351_de7d89456b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Windy Ridge Viewpoint\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before our hike we climbed the stairs to the viewpoint:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224613683_1f4d810474_c.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs at Windy Ridge\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52223591397_6dd809773a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Stairs at Windy Ridge\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Up here we had a better view of Spirit Lake:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52223593407_df19bc26f7_c.jpg\" alt=\"Windy Ridge Viewpoint\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And of course Mt. St. Helens:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224595686_60b4786e35_c.jpg\" alt=\"Windy Ridge Viewpoint\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could see Mt. Adams:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224595436_b16f6e41dc_c.jpg\" alt=\"Windy Ridge Viewpoint\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the top of Mt. Rainier:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52225087775_a7deb8b949_c.jpg\" alt=\"Windy Ridge Viewpoint\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a whole bunch of blooming penstemon, a sign of things to come:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224611983_3e8c1295b9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Windy Ridge Viewpoint\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We descended back down the stairs and headed to the far end of the parking lot to begin our hike. Looking back at the stairs from a distance:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228364118_b3ff0b83ca_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Technically the road continues past the parking lot but its gated. So from here we hike:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224639916_b74d96d31a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224658043_dc7e6c36ee_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52225129865_4b8eff9b95_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224915809_896d4f9bfa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52225130995_79364c32b3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We started seeing wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52225130580_e01057cd56_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224636691_1965735a10_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And more wildflowers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224636191_f3d1c78b4a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parts of this road are washing away:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228364473_49c71fdef4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224909374_6a1c4f8c7d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached a junction where the Abraham Trail heads off to the left, which you see in the photo below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52225131365_bd97413eee_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228364633_c61ae324bb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stayed right on the road until we reached its end, and we picked up the Windy Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224660738_c567431393_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wildflowers were profuse and awesome!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224634166_0c993a167d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227374022_66916371df_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224660348_8a6817e7ea_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52224661268_46675677de_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228860620_ac274daa13_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227370932_b4dd342ab8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228383743_033ff1b6e0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227357097_a112e9ed7c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The landscape is very different from other alpine environments, even though it&#8217;s been 42 years since the eruption:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228633474_b94c025783_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached the junction with the Loowit Trail and turned left:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228843515_3140d97ff3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the closest I&#8217;ve ever been to the mountain before:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228856145_f877ccaec6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This section required a bit of route-fiding:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228370483_c472057e48_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we climbed up this very section of trail to the pass:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228360136_cf98da9c68_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back from where we came:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228370068_3e93f7ed4a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228632259_f418713fc0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228369453_8bed4cf591_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blooming heather:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228359771_e8e1ae984f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached Windy Pass, then descended down the other side. This trail was very narrow and sandy. That&#8217;s the Plains of Abraham below us:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227355832_3c47747ce3_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We crossed a creek after descending from the pass and the water was surprisingly clear:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228369203_91d1e03735_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back on flat ground again:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228369033_c2ab02165a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back to the mountain, partially hiding in clouds:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227355337_3fa47a93df_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we reached the junction where we turned left onto the Abraham Trail. We sat and took a break here before continuing on:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228358411_c805635b71_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228368463_93d4a52a47_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228855660_1dc221dda8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This trail is popular with mountain bikers, of which we saw many. Unfortunately they don&#8217;t always stay on trail. You can see the trail on the left side of the picture, and in the center you can see where the bikers have blasted down the slope off the trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227354767_38c8c36fd5_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The views to the east along this stretch were great:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228840505_6841ea2073_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228367488_52a4ff2055_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228356941_ae21fc67a9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228356811_b475f62578_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228370071_024bd0e03d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately Mt. Adams was mostly blocked by clouds, but we could see the bottom:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228371596_4392e78c14_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wildflowers along this section were just as nice as we had seen before on the Windy Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227368462_4b8f097a07_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228630644_8b12dbac84_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228366373_89584ddfa8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228839055_b4909f4a84_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227352407_70b23a48a9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228381208_67c9a7b28a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last part before descending back down to the closed road was walking along the top of a ridge, which was pretty cool:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227367292_a39c67b89a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228642869_fb7230eb75_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228365723_1caeb7f816_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Adams starting to become more visible:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228852950_0c64d51f60_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back along the ridge:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228355291_c7488d3738_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This butterfly posed for us:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228852560_0deb0d43df_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Part of the ridge trail required navigating these old &#8220;stairs&#8221; that are in need of maintenance:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227351387_c6c51f3273_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost back to the road:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52227351152_08830ab088_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228627299_5cb6bb7b5e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another look back:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228627134_a519994055_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we were back at the junction with the road and we began the hike back to the car. A parting shot of Mt. St. Helens:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52228364268_64b5180bd8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Plains of Abraham Hike\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve known about this hike for many years but since the trailhead is close to four hours away I&#8217;ve never had the chance to visit. We hit the wildflowers at just the right time and this was a beautiful hike!<\/p>\n<p>Gaia stats: 8.6 miles, 1,180&#8242; elevation gain<\/p>\n<p>Video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exploring Mt. St. Helens\" width=\"880\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s1qIbTZfP3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, July 9, 2022 The second hike we did on our Mt. St. Helens weekend was the Plains of Abraham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2022\/07\/19\/plains-of-abraham-looop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plains of Abraham Looop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173,161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4346"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4859,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346\/revisions\/4859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}