{"id":2639,"date":"2023-01-28T11:43:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T01:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2023-01-28T12:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T02:53:13","slug":"cruisin-into-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/cruisin-into-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruisin&#8217; into 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our first run for 2023 was back to Curly&#8217;s mountain retreat at the Gold Coast.  After meeting at Yatala, we cruised to Gaven, arriving in time to enjoy afternoon tea together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145620a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145620a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145620a-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145620a-150x88.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145543a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145543a.jpg 640w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145751a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145751a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145751a-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145751a-150x82.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145824a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2644\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145824a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145824a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_145824a-150x84.jpg 150w\" 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day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_150904a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_150904a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_150904a-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_150904a-150x88.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>then it was time to head for the shed while the ladies relaxed with the cool breeze on the deck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160532a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2649\" 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The one with the wooden windshield is Curly&#8217;s own project, while the other belongs to Tom.  Curly&#8217;s will have a rumble seat while Tom&#8217;s has a trunk.  Both will be flathead powered of course.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160552a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160552a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160552a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160552a-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160605a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160605a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160605a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160605a-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160630a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160630a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160630a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_160630a-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161647a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161647a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161647a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161647a-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161722a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161722a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161722a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_161722a-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption> We even made time for a &#8216;Club meeting&#8217; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_6315a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_6315a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_6315a-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_6315a-150x105.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>After our meeting, we trekked back up the hill to fire up the BBQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174554a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174554a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174554a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174554a-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174546a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174546a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174546a-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_174546a-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_181303a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_181303a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_181303a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230121_181303a-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Thanks go to Curly and Helen for having us back at their place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first run for 2023 was back to Curly&#8217;s mountain retreat at the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2639"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2671,"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions\/2671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rodsquad.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}