{"id":4847,"date":"2014-10-23T20:33:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T00:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorthought.com\/thortography\/?p=4847"},"modified":"2014-10-24T08:43:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T12:43:46","slug":"post-card-m-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorthought.com\/thortography\/post-card-m-57\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcard from M-57"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About 99% of the time I am the one in the driver&#8217;s seat of our family minivan while my wife takes care of music requests and delivering a steady steam of stacks to the kids in the back. Last week, in a rare change of events, we did a bit of a role reversal. Between throwing pretzels to the back seat drivers and DJing &#8220;Wheels on the Bus&#8221;, I managed to enjoy the view from the road\u00a0while driving down M-57 between Chesaning and Greenville. Autumn is my favorite season, and even while buckled in and\u00a0refereeing who would get what toy next, I took it all in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorthought.com\/thortography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lr-m57-thor_20141016-DSC_3364.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-htev36W1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4848\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thorthought.com\/thortography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lr-m57-thor_20141016-DSC_3364.jpg\" alt=\"lr-m57-thor_20141016-DSC_3364\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorthought.com\/thortography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lr-m57-thor_20141016-DSC_3369.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-htev36W1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4849\" 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