{"id":186,"date":"2016-06-08T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T13:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/?p=186"},"modified":"2016-05-29T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T00:21:00","slug":"see-rock-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/08\/see-rock-city\/","title":{"rendered":"See Rock City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love old American roadside attractions and amusement parks. One I haven\u2019t been to yet is Rock City, near Chattanooga. This attraction gained fame through an ingenious marketing campaign that involved painting \u201cSee Rock City\u201d on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seerockcity.com\/about\/barn-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">roofs of barns<\/a> along the highways. Some of these barns still exist. In fact, there are a few painted roofs in my neighborhood.<br \/>\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery36\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-3 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City2.jpg\" width=\"2739\" height=\"2134\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City2.jpg 2739w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City2-300x234.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City2-768x598.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City2-1024x798.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2739px) 100vw, 2739px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-4 tcol-md-4 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City1.jpg\" width=\"2062\" height=\"1579\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City1.jpg 2062w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City1-300x230.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City1-768x588.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/See_Rock_City1-1024x784.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2062px) 100vw, 2062px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nOK, so in my neighborhood, they\u2019re bird feeders. But the nostalgia in me still loves the fact that they\u2019re here.<\/p>\n<p>One day I hope to see Rock City. In the meantime, I\u2019ll leave you with pictures of an old North Carolina amusement park I have managed to visit in recent years \u2014 Santa\u2019s Land, in Cherokee.<br \/>\n<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery49\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-4 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-3 tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand1.jpg\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand1.jpg 3456w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-3 tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand4.jpg\" width=\"2592\" height=\"3456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand4.jpg 2592w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand4-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand4-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-3 tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand2.jpg\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2592\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand2.jpg 3456w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-3 tcol-md-3 tcol-sm-4 tcol-xs-6 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand3.jpg\" width=\"2592\" height=\"3456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand3.jpg 2592w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand3-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SantasLand3-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love old American roadside attractions and amusement parks. One I haven\u2019t been to yet is Rock City, near Chattanooga. This attraction gained fame through an ingenious marketing campaign that involved painting \u201cSee Rock City\u201d on the roofs of barns &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/08\/see-rock-city\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,25],"tags":[21,12,22,26],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neighborhood","category-walkabout-wednesday","tag-birdhouse","tag-neighborhood","tag-road-trip","tag-walkabout-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lucynolanbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}