{"id":18559,"date":"2026-03-31T09:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/?p=18559"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:41:05","slug":"fools-errand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/fools-errand\/","title":{"rendered":"Fool&#8217;s Errand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic03a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-18562\" style=\"border: 0px; margin: 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic03a-150x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic03a-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic03a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic03a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic03a-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pic03a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The name comes from April Fools-A-Palooza in Lucas, KS, being the first thing in the trip plan with a firm date and location. Things have been added, both before and after April Fool&#8217;s Day, and it&#8217;s entirely possible that I&#8217;ll surprise myself with itinerary additions before it is over. The first day&#8217;s journal, which reaches Kansas City, KS, has been posted.<\/p>\n<p>This entry lets blog-only subscribers know about the trip and provides a place for comments. The journal is <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/bd2026\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name comes from April Fools-A-Palooza in Lucas, KS, being the first thing in the trip plan with a firm date and location. Things have been added, both before and after April Fool&#8217;s Day, and it&#8217;s entirely possible that I&#8217;ll &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/fools-errand\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":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}},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trip-journal-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WE0S-4Pl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18563,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18559\/revisions\/18563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dennygibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}