{"id":2263,"date":"2013-01-01T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2015-05-09T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T14:48:00","slug":"16-years-full-of-defining-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is January 1, 2012 and most people are celebrating the New Year. \u00a0We are celebrating 16 years together…legally that is!<\/p>\n

\"BWJ_Malibu\"<\/a>Yep, 16 years ago we were standing at sunrise looking out at Wheeler peak in Taos New Mexico. \u00a0After all these years we can reveal that we were married by Shirley MacLaine in a quiet ceremony with a few friends and the haunting sounds of native American flutist Alex Maldonado. \u00a0He was a truck driver that taught\u00a0himself to play the flute is somewhat\u00a0prescient\u00a0since we now spend most of our time driving our truck based custom RV around North America.<\/p>\n

\"shirley\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We rented the Adobe and Pines Inn in Ranch De Taos. \u00a0Invited close family,\u00a0friends and the innkeeper were there celebrating with us. \u00a0Like Julia Roberts we had swooped in to get our marriage license and it was over as quickly as it started. \u00a0Emotional yes! \u00a0It was a new beginning for us in many ways.<\/p>\n

Somehow it seems appropriate to share the preface from our new book that is a reprise of Defining Moments a book we wrote in 2000 about how we met. \u00a0It seems appropriate to us since our lifestyle is so contra to most people. \u00a0Hard to understand sometimes our life is a series of defining moments that we embrace as a way of life. \u00a0Mostly making left turns, we certainly live a life that most find a bit crazy. \u00a0We guess it is a way to keep life fresh.<\/p>\n

Yep, it just seems like yesterday.<\/p>\n

Here is the preface from Defining Moments; Living Life Our Way at See Level<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"divider\"<\/a><\/p>\n

When we met in the mid-90’s, neither of us were looking for a relationship.\u00a0 It is safe to say that it was the last thing in our minds.\u00a0 We were both married to our careers and happy on the surface.\u00a0 Below the surface was our secret world where we both had given up on finding the right person.\u00a0 The reality was that our pace was so fast that for anyone to enter into our lives as individuals would have meant that they would first have to keep pace and fly in formation long enough for the other to notice.\u00a0 In a way that happened when we met.\u00a0 Contrary to the belief of many of our friends we did not slow down.\u00a0 Our pace increased as we sought out ways to be together.<\/p>\n

For those that heard the story of our lives after meeting each other, they strained to understand how two people separated by the US continent about as far apart as two people could be\u00a0 to retain, maintain and expand a relationship.\u00a0 This is when we discovered what defining moments meant to us.\u00a0 Each was a proverbial “wormhole” compressing time and distance.\u00a0 We learned to find time to be together and compressed the time we were not into what felt like fractions of a second.\u00a0 Imagine, being together for a long weekend feeling like every moment was hours and then two or three weeks apart being compressed into feeling like a day or two.\u00a0 Long hours on the phone three time zones apart, we got to know each other, so when we were together, we began to seek out defining moments and plans to get together again and again until we could stand being apart no longer.\u00a0\u00a0 What is important to understand is that this phenomena of time compression was what actually sparked the book concept originally.\u00a0 We could not seem to explain to our friends what it was like to realize that the more defining moments we embraced together the closer we became. \u00a0These events and experiences actually began to make us one person made up of two extremely independent headstrong individuals.\u00a0 In the words of this book, we hoped that the readers would somehow gain from our experiences.<\/p>\n

A car racing instructor friend of our taught us three very interesting philosophies:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Look where you want to go!<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. You first have to go slow to go fast<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. and smoother is faster<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of course, David was talking about cars, but we learned it was true of relationships…at least for us.\u00a0 So, planning was important, practicing was imperative and being in the moment, or being smooth was the secret.\u00a0\u00a0 Our plans were always down to the second and we visualized being together before actually being in the same proximity.\u00a0 When we got together, everything was smooth wasting no time.\u00a0 Truly being in the moment was so important because our time together was so fleeting.\u00a0 Yes, appreciation was everything that extended the feeling of our time together by a factor of three or four times.\u00a0 Turning a three-day weekend into what felt like ten or twelve days together became easy.\u00a0 Then when we were apart, using the skill of racing later articulated compressed being apart turning weeks into a few days.<\/p>\n

    Not many can understand this ability to decompress and compress time.\u00a0 That is why we struggled to communicate it in the original publication of Defining Moments.\u00a0 We hope that this explanation somehow further helps to frame our story as you read it.<\/p>\n

    Our reality is that it has been 18 or so years since we met and \u00a0most people could not fathom the things we have done, places we have gone and projects we have accomplished all in our singular quest to experience the next defining moments in our lives together.<\/p>\n

    We are republishing Defining Moments twelve years later for two very special reasons.\u00a0 The most important is that the messages we described and our experiences in the mid-90’s are perhaps more important for our society than they were then.\u00a0 Secondly, a funny series of events inspired us to add back in the first chapter that was cut from the original book.<\/p>\n

    Please try and understand that Defining Moments was not written for a specific demographic or generation.\u00a0 It was and is a message for those willing to listen, stop, challenge and choose their life’s path.\u00a0 Because defining moments are individualized and only impactful for the person(s) that is experiencing it, there are no rules and no 12-step program to find the correct path.\u00a0 The journey is the reward and experiencing the moments one by one is the only thing that resembles a plan, program or a checklist.\u00a0 It is like setting out on a trip with no map and no destination.\u00a0 The only thing you have is a lightly packed backpack and each other.<\/p>\n

    If there is a true lesson in this book, it is that to discover defining moments in your life, you have to shed those things, people and beliefs that slow or stop you from your discoveries and dreams.\u00a0 Whether it is a parent wishing you to be a lawyer when you want to be a car mechanic or a friend that tells you that being an actor is frivolous, our message is you and only your intuition can be the inspiration for your direction.\u00a0 The book, “The 4 Hour Work Week,” contains the message to us of pick and choose only those things that propel you in the direction you are headed.\u00a0 Jettison all else!\u00a0 Hard is it may seem, it is a formula for freedom.<\/p>\n

    Adding, there is a very interesting property of quickly following your inspiration and defining moments.\u00a0 It is that making small steps quickly and early let you change direction or back up.\u00a0 Thinking about it, planning it and waiting too long make your reaction to defining moments less spontaneous and slows you down.\u00a0 Defining moments have a time window and expiration date.\u00a0 Hanging on to things, people and events you cannot control are too much added weight to carry along with you.\u00a0 The antithesis of embracing defining moments is being stuck.<\/p>\n

    Defining moments are all about left turns in the metaphoric sense.\u00a0 Think of your life as patterns that you create.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Let’s say you normally turn right or act a certain way when you are confronted with change or a defining moment.\u00a0 All of your senses say turn right, but what if you turned left, backed up or went straight ahead instead?\u00a0 Does something in your head tell you that it is a mistake to respond differently? \u00a0\u00a0If you answer yes, then you are on your way.\u00a0 If you answer no, then whom is it telling you that you can’t? \u00a0\u00a0Who is it in your head telling you that it is wrong to act differently than the norm?\u00a0 What is normal any way?\u00a0 Is it your mother’s voice in your head, society’s voice in your head or your voice?\u00a0 Think about it, if your head is full of other peoples’ voices, how can you hear your own voice?\u00a0 How can you see a new direction?\u00a0 How can you feel your way through to the other side?<\/p>\n

    So try it out!\u00a0 Next time you are driving and come to an intersection where you always turn right, make a left.\u00a0\u00a0 Notice the differences and when you feel like it, make another left and then another.\u00a0 Strangely enough, you are now heading in the direction you would have if you had made that right turn initially, but you are now on a different path.\u00a0 Not that it is a revelation, but three left turns do make a right turn!<\/p>\n

    The analogy for us is that we have been CNN free for ten years.\u00a0 That’s right, we do not watch the news because 99.9% of it is out of our control and negative.\u00a0 We are on our own path.\u00a0 Think about it. Ignorance is bliss.\u00a0 Think about when a person asks you what do you think about this politician or a situation, you can answer that you do not know because you do not watch the news!\u00a0 Now think about the space in your consciousness that this stuff takes up.\u00a0 Let’s say it is 50%.\u00a0 What if you had that extra 50% to focus on things that propel you farther in your life?\u00a0 Be it, work, hobbies, art, music, religion or anything, that extra space that is filled with other peoples’ junk is now free to use for you to fill with things that make you happy.<\/p>\n

    We have a phrase that we say under our breath when people come up to us and try to inflict their demons on us.\u00a0 We think to ourselves and have been known to blurt out a phrase.\u00a0 We say, “Don’t give us your screaming monkeys!”\u00a0 It simply means that do not give us your junk to carry around in life.<\/p>\n

    Think of life as a camping trip into the mountains.\u00a0 You have a backpack that can only carry so much.\u00a0 Do you fill it with other peoples’ gear or your own?\u00a0 Do you weigh it down with stuff you do not need?<\/p>\n

    The idea that you cannot control or need to control everything might disturb you.\u00a0\u00a0 You might think it is some revolutionary idea that these two ex-corporate types dreamed up.\u00a0 This is not a new concept.\u00a0 Throughout the literature of history, philosophers have tried to share our natural need to focus only on what we can control.\u00a0 It may be best portrayed in what was a prayer written down by Reinhold Niebuhr in a sermon in 1943.\u00a0 The prayer had been orally handed down for many years prior and has become the designated prayer of Alcoholics Anonymous.\u00a0 To us it is merely a poem that represents what defining moments are and how to recognize them in our life together.\u00a0 It goes like this word for word.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/i>God, give us grace to accept with serenity<\/i><\/address>\n
    the things that cannot be changed,<\/i><\/address>\n
    Courage to change the things<\/i><\/address>\n
    which should be changed,<\/i><\/address>\n
    and the Wisdom to distinguish<\/i><\/address>\n
    the one from the other.<\/i><\/address>\n
    Living one day at a time,<\/i><\/address>\n
    Enjoying one moment at a time,<\/i><\/address>\n
    Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,<\/i><\/address>\n
    Taking, as Jesus did,<\/i><\/address>\n
    This sinful world as it is,<\/i><\/address>\n
    Not as I would have it,<\/i><\/address>\n
    Trusting that You will make all things right,<\/i><\/address>\n
    If I surrender to Your will,<\/address>\n
    So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,<\/address>\n
    And supremely happy with You forever in the next.<\/address>\n

    \u00a0….and here is our version in the form of the Defining Moments mantra:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Give us the focus to accept with bliss the things that we cannot change, the insight to seek the things which we should change and the vision to not be distracted by people, things or words.<\/i><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/i>Living one defining moment at a time and enjoying the adventures, they bring.<\/i><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/i>Accepting our difference from most people as an enlightened pathway to the next defining moment.<\/i><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/i>With our own spirit to guide us, we follow defining moments trusting that another defining moment will create yet a new adventure and direction.<\/i><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/i>To vow to never let anyone give you their screaming monkeys! \u00a0;-]<\/i><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Okay, it s a paraphrase at best and it sort of sums up our feelings and direction.<\/p>\n

    Wendy’s dad, Gordon, has bugged us to write an updated version to encompass all of our defining moments.\u00a0 Honestly, things have changed so fast for us that we are unable to start or finish the next sequel.\u00a0 For us, life has been a convergence of the movies, \u201cWhat the Bleep\u201d and \u201cThe Secret\u201d.\u00a0 That has been the planned sequel to Defining Moments.\u00a0 The problem is for us that defining moments that seemed to come monthly are now daily.\u00a0 Who has time to write about it when you are in the midst of the fun and it never stops.<\/p>\n

    Funny, our original chapter 1 that was cut was our lives and was mimicked by the movie, “Up in the Air.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is a writer following us?<\/p>\n

    Twelve years later, we have simplified our lives beyond what we wrote in 2000.\u00a0 We now have a personal care natural skin products company, published an industry book with another soon to be published, Bob is writing a novel or two and we have had many many defining moments that we have responded to as they have happened.\u00a0\u00a0 We now live most of our time on the road living in a custom motor coach traveling for our business and punctuated by seeing North America at SeeLevel.\u00a0 \u201cSeeLevel\u201d is our term for experiencing the many wonders that one can experience by driving instead of flying.\u00a0 Our SeeLevel philosophy allows us to regularly stop what we are doing, challenge what we believe and choose a different path.\u00a0 We refer to ourselves as Chill Travelers because it exemplifies our lifestyle chasing our next defining moments.<\/p>\n

    As you read, remember that this is our story of how we met and how both of us could have easily not recognized this very special defining moment.\u00a0 It would have been easy in our fast-paced lives to have just blown off the encounter.\u00a0 Damn are we glad we did not because we found our soul mate, life’s partner, lover or whatever you want to call that very special time traveler that walks with you through life’s journey.<\/p>\n

    The second reason to republish this book \u00a0is that we had an interesting experience while in New Mexico toward the end of 2009.\u00a0 Just a few days before Christmas, the movie “Up In The Air” was released with George Clooney.\u00a0 Our emails and phones buzzed with friends contacting us about the movie.\u00a0 It is a fun experience we had together based on this new movie that was all too familiar to us.\u00a0 The movie inspired us to add back in the first chapter of Defining Moments.\u00a0 Originally titled simply Chapter 1, we have added it back in using the title we gave it while sharing it with friends as a Microsoft Word document over the last twelve years.\u00a0 Chapter 0 was and now is a significant title with great meaning to us.<\/p>\n

    \"divider\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    So the fun part is that we get to celebrate at our friend David’s home in Scottsdale before heading west to Southern Cal to begin the intense part of our business year. \u00a0 Little has changed and yet much has changed.<\/p>\n

    Here is to many defining moments in 2013.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Yep, 16 years ago we were standing at sunrise looking out at Wheeler peak in Taos New Mexico. After all these years we can reveal that we were married by Shirley MacLaine in a quiet ceremony with a few friend and the deep sounds of native American flutist Alex Maldonado. [–Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,54,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"category-chill-travelers","9":"category-defining-moments-life-at-seelevel"},"yoast_head":"\n16 Years Full Of Defining Moments! - ChillTravelers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments! - ChillTravelers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Yep, 16 years ago we were standing at sunrise looking out at Wheeler peak in Taos New Mexico. After all these years we can reveal that we were married by Shirley MacLaine in a quiet ceremony with a few friend and the deep sounds of native American flutist Alex Maldonado. [--Read More]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/shirley.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@chilltravelers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@chilltravelers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"13 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f755332b87a68c09fe3d7ff8fe4da90\"},\"headline\":\"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments!\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-01T16:30:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-09T14:48:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2679,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/shirley.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\",\"Chill Travelers - NOBO's\",\"Defining Moments: Life at SeeLevel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/\",\"name\":\"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments! - ChillTravelers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/shirley.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-01T16:30:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-09T14:48:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/shirley.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/shirley.png\",\"width\":354,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chill Travelers\",\"description\":\"Where Relaxation Meets Adventure - 75k+ Subscribers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Chill Travelers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ChillTravelers-Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ChillTravelers-Logo.jpg\",\"width\":383,\"height\":446,\"caption\":\"Chill Travelers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/chilltravelers\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6f755332b87a68c09fe3d7ff8fe4da90\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7663da308f3428d006519441810701fba3b1fc7dc1c32c22d8538bd781340066?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7663da308f3428d006519441810701fba3b1fc7dc1c32c22d8538bd781340066?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7663da308f3428d006519441810701fba3b1fc7dc1c32c22d8538bd781340066?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chilltravelers.com\\\/chill\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments! - ChillTravelers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments! - ChillTravelers","twitter_description":"Yep, 16 years ago we were standing at sunrise looking out at Wheeler peak in Taos New Mexico. After all these years we can reveal that we were married by Shirley MacLaine in a quiet ceremony with a few friend and the deep sounds of native American flutist Alex Maldonado. [--Read More]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/shirley.png","twitter_creator":"@chilltravelers","twitter_site":"@chilltravelers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"13 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#\/schema\/person\/6f755332b87a68c09fe3d7ff8fe4da90"},"headline":"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments!","datePublished":"2013-01-01T16:30:19+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-09T14:48:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/"},"wordCount":2679,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/shirley.png","articleSection":["Articles","Chill Travelers - NOBO's","Defining Moments: Life at SeeLevel"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/","name":"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments! - ChillTravelers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/shirley.png","datePublished":"2013-01-01T16:30:19+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-09T14:48:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/shirley.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/shirley.png","width":354,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/16-years-full-of-defining-moments\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"16 Years Full Of Defining Moments!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/","name":"Chill Travelers","description":"Where Relaxation Meets Adventure - 75k+ Subscribers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#organization","name":"Chill Travelers","url":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChillTravelers-Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChillTravelers-Logo.jpg","width":383,"height":446,"caption":"Chill Travelers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/chilltravelers"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/#\/schema\/person\/6f755332b87a68c09fe3d7ff8fe4da90","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7663da308f3428d006519441810701fba3b1fc7dc1c32c22d8538bd781340066?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7663da308f3428d006519441810701fba3b1fc7dc1c32c22d8538bd781340066?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7663da308f3428d006519441810701fba3b1fc7dc1c32c22d8538bd781340066?s=96&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-content\/uploads\/shirley.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2632,"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions\/2632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chilltravelers.com\/chill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}