{"id":514,"date":"2020-04-09T05:20:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T05:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2020-04-09T05:20:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T05:20:27","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/about-us","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">\u201cAnd into the forest I go,<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">To lose my mind and find my soul.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Hello, I\u2019m Elwin Castro, from New England. I love backpacking, but given an opportunity, I\u2019m up for any kind of hiking whether it is forest, mountain or desert area. It provides me a break from worldly troubles and I always come back revitalized and refreshed.<\/p>\n<p>Getting into hiking is not difficult. If you are a beginner hiker here\u2019s a simple tip: All you need to start your first hike is a day-pack, water, and a good pair of shoes. Just get out and do that first hike! You will not forget the experience.<\/p>\n<p>On this website, you\u2019ll find all of my best hiking blog posts, including my favorite trails, gear, and planning tips for hitting the trail. My goal with the website <a href=\"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/\"><strong>hikingbay.com<\/strong><\/a> is to make hiking easier, safer, and more enjoyable for everyone. So <a href=\"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/sitemap\"><strong>take a look around here<\/strong><\/a> and find the topics that interest you most.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd into the forest I go, To lose my mind and find my soul.\u201d Hello, I\u2019m Elwin Castro, from New England. I love backpacking, but given an opportunity, I\u2019m up for any kind of hiking whether it is forest, mountain or desert area. It provides me a break from worldly troubles and I always come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/514\/revisions\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hikingbay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}