{"id":6958,"date":"2016-06-22T07:53:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2016-06-22T20:31:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T02:31:45","slug":"i-feel-like-im-living-through-the-seven-plagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=6958","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;m living through the seven plagues&#8221;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/vr\/2016\/06\/p3b.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/vr\/2016\/06\/p3b.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/vr\/2016\/06\/p2b.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/vr\/2016\/06\/p2b.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Checking in is always interesting, particularly if one arrives at off hours or during inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>We arrived at the Grande Denali Lodge with anticipation.   The inn occupies a ledge with a beautiful view of Alaska&#8217;s Denali National Park and the surrounding area.  <\/p>\n<p>While parking and preparing to check in, I noticed an abundance of yellow hazard tape around the inn&#8217;s entrance.<\/p>\n<p>A fire &#8211; quickly extinguished inside and through the roof &#8211; started in their beautiful stone fireplace.   The interior was soaked.<\/p>\n<p>However, the staff were very well organized and quickly checked us in.   They further provided complimentary breakfast coupons for our family at a nearby resort.  <\/p>\n<p>While checking out, I complemented a manager on the professionalism and courtesy we experienced during our brief stay.  He responded &#8220;the fire and several power failures all at once; I feel like I&#8217;m living through the seven plagues.  People have been complaining&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\">Grande Denali Lodge<\/a> features wonderful views, a quiet setting and great people. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=%22the+seven+plagues%22&#038;ia=web\">The Seven Plagues&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/vr\/2016\/06\/IMG_0049.JPG\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>The short road to the Lodge is rather eclectic:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/vr\/2016\/06\/IMG_0409b.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/vr\/2016\/06\/IMG_0447b.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checking in is always interesting, particularly if one arrives at off hours or during inclement weather. We arrived at the Grande Denali Lodge with anticipation. The inn occupies a ledge with a beautiful view of Alaska&#8217;s Denali National Park and the surrounding area. While parking and preparing to check in, I noticed an abundance of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6958"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6964,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958\/revisions\/6964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}