{"id":198,"date":"2018-10-06T14:07:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2018-10-06T14:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T19:07:05","slug":"east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/06\/east-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"East Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Current location:<\/strong> Baltimore, Maryland<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>High Temperature since last post:<\/strong> 85F in Lancaster, Pennsylvania<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Low Temperature since last post:<\/strong> 3C in New Brunswick, Canada<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Craziest sighting since last post:<\/strong> Standing in a parking spot with some friends while waiting for Polly to make a U-turn and park where we were standing. \u00a0I am told this is a normal activity in NYC.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We spent several days in New York City for a few days meeting with clients and friends. Thank you to Sarah at the Auburn Institute for meeting for lunch. And thanks to our hosts, Walker, Sona, Zadie, Aine, and Farai.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nNew York City was fascinating, loud and crowded as always, and a little overwhelming after the quiet of camping and cottages in Canada.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-218 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/NYC_time_square_02-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/NYC_skyline_from_battery_park-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nWe recovered with a couple of nights with Quakers: a night in Brenda and Allen&#8217;s &#8220;tree house,&#8221; and another in Martha and Lynn&#8217;s new community.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_20181003_100612693_HDR-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here in Baltimore, we&#8217;re staying with Julie and family today, then tomorrow with Tom and Nettie. Hope to visit a Quaker Meeting tomorrow.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve been able to resolve a concerning rattle in the car that we could hear while turning at low speeds. Turns out it was a Canadian rock stuck in the brakes!<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rock_from_car_wheel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\nMonday we head further south to Saint Michael&#8217;s, Maryland and the Washington, DC area, where we have interviews scheduled. We will return briefly to New York for an interview on Thursday.<br \/>\nSo the documentary is gaining speed! Thanks again to all who have supported our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/immigration-seeking-solutions-documentary\/x\/24353#\/\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a>, and everyone who has spread the word about the project and provided us with contacts.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current location: Baltimore, Maryland High Temperature since last post: 85F in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Low Temperature since last post: 3C in New Brunswick, Canada Craziest sighting since last post: Standing in a parking spot with some friends while waiting for Polly to make a U-turn and park where we were standing. \u00a0I am told this is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/06\/east-coast\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;East Coast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.distantpeakproductions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}