{"id":3372,"date":"2024-03-28T16:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T21:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2024-04-12T21:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T02:56:26","slug":"go-west-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/go-west-an-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Ever Been West?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container{position:static}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-container .swiper-slide figure,.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper .swiper-slide figure{line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-carousel .swiper-slide{text-align:center}.elementor-image-carousel-wrapper:not(.swiper-container-initialized):not(.swiper-initialized) .swiper-slide{max-width:calc(100% \/ var(--e-image-carousel-slides-to-show, 3))}<\/style>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230721_090421-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20230721_090421\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230716_074505-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20230716_074505\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230714_094409-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20230714_094409\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230713_155053-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20230713_155053\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230712_094517-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20230712_094517\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230712_092718-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20230712_092718\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230711_090000-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"20230711_090000\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20230127_163129-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"20230127_163129\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Resized_20230128_161434_1712013575472.jpeg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Resized_20230128_161434_1712013575472.jpeg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Resized_20230129_130248_1712013575096.jpeg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Resized_20230129_130248_1712013575096.jpeg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Resized_20230405_103625_1712013575886.jpeg-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Resized_20230405_103625_1712013575886.jpeg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>All my life, I have always been fascinated by the notion of going<br \/>West. The wild West. Western expansion. Ever since famed newspaper editor, Horace Greeley,<br \/>first printed the words, \u201cGo West, young man\u2026\u201d It has been the direction of adventure,<br \/>untapped potential; the untamed unknown.<\/p>\n<p>You can go up North, or down South, or you can go back East, but to go West, you have to go<br \/>out. Out West\u2014even the sound of it evokes thoughts of adventure, discovery, and freedom. I<br \/>have nothing against traveling these other directions, and in fact, some of my best adventures I<br \/>have traveled in those directions. For me however, out West will always be the lure of the<br \/>unknown frontier. Out West is where your mettle is tested. Out West is where you leave your<br \/>mark.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout history, civilizations have forged their legacy by going West. The Romans,<br \/>conquered Gaul, and then Britain. The Vikings found: glory in Germany, Scotland, and Ireland,<br \/>discovered Greenland, Iceland and North America; all by heading West. Spain found untold<br \/>wealth in the Americas. The pilgrims found religious freedom. Our own United States<br \/>discovered mountains, rivers, deserts, and the Pacific Ocean by sending explorers Lewis and<br \/>Clark West into the unknown. A gold rush, the railroads, and a trail to Oregon all were cemented<br \/>in history by the desire, the yearning, the urge to go West. Out West. You need look no further<br \/>than the Gateway Arch in St. Louis as to the importance of going West and how it shaped the<br \/>landscape and the power of the U.S. on the world stage. That Monument is a testament to the<br \/>unrivaled spirit that is the West. Out West.<\/p>\n<p>My desire is to share with you stories of my own adventures going West. No matter the<br \/>direction, back East to New York, or down South to Texas, or up North to Alaska\u2026every<br \/>adventure story begins with the same burning question\u2026<br \/>Have you ever been West?<\/p>\n<p>~Mark Kash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All my life, I have always been fascinated by the notion of goingWest. The wild West. Western expansion. Ever since famed newspaper editor, Horace Greeley,first printed the words, \u201cGo West, young man\u2026\u201d It has been the direction of adventure,untapped potential; the untamed unknown. You can go up North, or down South, or you can go&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/go-west-an-introduction\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Have You Ever Been West?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-introduce","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3372"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3419,"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions\/3419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cabinboypress.com\/Staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}