{"id":143,"date":"2009-08-28T17:39:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T00:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2009-10-14T08:13:46","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T15:13:46","slug":"flashback-friday-our-first-backpacking-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Flashback Friday &#8211; Our First Backpacking Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been five years since Scott, a few of our best friends, and I set off on our first backpacking trip &#8211; five weeks in Europe. \u00c2\u00a0I had spent months looking at airfare before finding the right price just after Christmas. \u00c2\u00a0I frantically called everyone to make sure they got their tickets before the prices went up. \u00c2\u00a0After having the fights booked, we sat in Paul and Shannon&#8217;s living room and planned each leg of our trip.<\/p>\n<p>After all the college graduations we were off!\u00c2\u00a0 We started out in London taking a double decker bus tour of the city. \u00c2\u00a0After London, we rented a car had a wild time driving to Bath, York, Stonehaven, Edinburgh, Isle of Skye, and Glasgow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_150\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-150\" title=\"LAX\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"At the airport, excited for the aventure ahead\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00003.JPG 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the airport, excited for the adventure ahead<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_154\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-154\" title=\"Big Ben\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00258-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View of Big Ben from the London double decker bus tour on our first day\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00258-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00258-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00258.JPG 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Big Ben from the London double decker bus tour on our first day<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_151\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-151\" title=\"Roman Baths\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00280-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"At the Roman Baths in Bath, England\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00280.JPG 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Roman Baths in Bath, England<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_152\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152\" title=\"Donnator Castle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00329-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"At Donnator Castle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00329-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00329-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/DSC00329.JPG 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Dunnottor Castle near Stonehaven, Scottland<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Looking back, I think this trip was a great starting point to learn what it was like to travel with only a backpack full of your possessions. \u00c2\u00a0 And, if anything it only opened the door for waiting to travel even more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been five years since Scott, a few of our best friends, and I set off on our 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