{"id":2832,"date":"2016-06-11T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T17:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.werideourbikes.com\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2016-11-18T20:51:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T01:51:47","slug":"some-sad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.werideourbikes.com\/?p=2832","title":{"rendered":"Some sad news"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is with a heavy heart that I have to pass along the news that my wife and adventure buddy, Susan<\/a>, has passed away. Susan battled late-stage breast cancer for 19 years. Ultimately her liver failed her and there wasn’t anything they could do.
\nOur journey together has come to and end. I’ll miss you Susan!<\/p>\n

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It is with a heavy heart that I have to pass along the news that my wife and adventure buddy, Susan, has passed away. Susan battled late-stage breast cancer for 19 years. Ultimately her...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trail-riding","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.werideourbikes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/6.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1YdqL-JG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":370,"url":"https:\/\/www.werideourbikes.com\/?p=370","url_meta":{"origin":2832,"position":0},"title":"A trip to Middle Run Nature Reserve","author":"Gerry","date":"April 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There is no doubt that Middle Run Valley Natural Area aka \"Middle Run\" near Newark, DE has some of the best single track trails in the area (Delaware, PA, NJ). 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