{"id":15689,"date":"2026-07-20T12:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/?p=15689"},"modified":"2026-07-20T13:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:06:07","slug":"rear-view-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/rear-view-2\/","title":{"rendered":"rear view"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15690\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cjl0831-sophie-rearview_6326.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cjl0831-sophie-rearview_6326.jpg\" alt=\"dog in a mirror\" width=\"1028\" height=\"684\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15690\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memory. 2008, the summer trip to the coast of Rhode Island. When a different constellation of sentient beings graced the earth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What\u2019s going through Sophia\u2019s mind? (Grok says) As a classic chocolate Labrador, loyal, food-obsessed, water-loving goofball \u2014 her inner monologue is probably something like this:<\/p>\n<p>First few hours (leaving VA area): \u201cCar ride! YES! New smells out the window! My human is taking me on an adventure. Tail is wagging at 100 mph. This is the best day ever!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through WV &#038; PA (the mountain part): \u201cWhoa, the air smells different\u2026 trees, dirt roads, maybe some wildlife? My legs are getting a little stiff. Hope we stop soon for a sniff break. Also\u2026 snacks? I\u2019m a Lab. Snacks are life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Into CT &#038; RI (getting closer to the coast): \u201cOkay this drive is LONG. But the views are changing\u2026 more water smells? Are we almost there? I wonder if there\u2019s a beach at the end. Beaches mean sand, waves, and possibly swimming. My favorite things!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Final stretch to south coast MA: \u201cNew place! New smells! New people to meet! I was born in Warsaw, Virginia but I\u2019m ready for Massachusetts mode. As long as there\u2019s food, belly rubs, and a spot to nap in the car, I\u2019m good. Human looks happy, I did a good job being the best co-pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s going through Sophia\u2019s mind? (Grok says) As a classic chocolate Labrador, loyal, food-obsessed, water-loving goofball \u2014 her inner monologue is probably something like this: First few hours (leaving VA area): \u201cCar ride! YES! New smells out the window! My human is taking me on an adventure. Tail is wagging at 100 mph. This is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/rear-view-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;rear view&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[105,3,30,33,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-105","category-dogs","category-heart","category-road","category-time-machine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15693,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15689\/revisions\/15693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}