{"id":5833,"date":"2015-04-08T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2015-04-07T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:31:53","slug":"back-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/back-in-north-carolina\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Back in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After almost a year and a half, VivaLaVida found back the place where he had left.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n1. Last stretch of winter roads in Smoky Mountains.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_150226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_150226.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_150226\" width=\"650\" height=\"520\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_150226.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_150226-125x100.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_150226-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2. Wake up in the snowy forest.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6713b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6713b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6713b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6713b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6713b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6713b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBefore returning to Switzerland for a few days, I spent a relaxing day with the U-Joint Offroad crew in an unusual snowfall in the region.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n3. Assault of forest roads!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6720b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6720b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6720b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6720b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6720b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6720b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n4. Neil is warming up!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6722b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6722b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6722b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6722b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6722b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6722b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n5. First paddle strokes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6733b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6733b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6733b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6733b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6733b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6733b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n6. Surf.. \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6758b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6758b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6758b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6758b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6758b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6758b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n7. He tries to stand up&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6784b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6784b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6784b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6784b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6784b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6784b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n8. Done ! \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6790b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6790b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6790b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6790b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6790b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6790b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n9. We must help each other, right?<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6795b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6795b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6795b\" width=\"650\" height=\"386\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6795b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6795b-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6795b-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n10. V4, Chros&rsquo;s very special vehicle.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6799b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6799b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6799b\" width=\"650\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6799b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6799b-145x100.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6799b-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMy stay in Switzerland went well despite the sustained pace of meals with family and friends. A period of a little more frugal meals is required now&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nI met some people to a group camping organized by U-Joint Offroad over the Easter weekend.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n11. Camping with many vans in an almost spring atmosphere.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6907b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6907b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6907b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6907b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6907b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6907b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n12. Mathys, Chris and Jennifer&rsquo;s eldest daughter. Cute, isn&rsquo;t she? \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6898b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6898b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6898b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6898b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6898b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6898b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n13. And the twins: exactly one year old today!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6831b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6831b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6831b\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6831b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6831b-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6831b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6831b-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n14. Nathan and his eldest enjoying the campfire to grill some marshmallow \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6909b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6909b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC6909b\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6909b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6909b-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6909b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC6909b-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThat&rsquo;s it for this little update. However, the blog will still remain quiet some time since some parts take longer than expected to arrive, making me stay in the area to finish the work on VLV.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSee you here soon&#8230; \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After almost a year and a half, VivaLaVida found back the place where he had left. \u00a0 \u00a0 1. Last stretch of winter roads in Smoky Mountains. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2. Wake up in the snowy forest. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Before returning to Switzerland for a few days, I spent<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/back-in-north-carolina\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[949,950,951,952,953,986,337,954],"class_list":["post-5833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-en","tag-brevard-en","tag-canoe-en","tag-mathys-en","tag-nathan-en","tag-neil-en","tag-north-carolina-en","tag-snow","tag-v4-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5834,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions\/5834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}