{"id":9853,"date":"2015-08-19T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=9853"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:44","slug":"goathead-season-in-reno-theyre-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/08\/19\/goathead-season-in-reno-theyre-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Goathead Season in Reno &#8211; They&#8217;re Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127_2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9854\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/08\/19\/goathead-season-in-reno-theyre-everywhere\/img_1127_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127_2.jpg?fit=1358%2C1059&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1358,1059\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439916778&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00039793076004775&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1127_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127_2.jpg?fit=1024%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-9854 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127_2-600x468.jpg?resize=600%2C468\" alt=\"IMG_1127_2\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127_2.jpg?resize=600%2C468&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127_2.jpg?resize=1024%2C799&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127_2.jpg?w=1358&amp;ssl=1 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They were even on top of the hot steel table I sat down at to drink my Kevita, the apple cider vinegar spiked, Kombucha substitute I&#8217;ve been drinking lately. Nor do they look this once they hit the road. The bulbous part disintegrates and all that remains are the tiny spikes..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/08\/19\/goathead-season-in-reno-theyre-everywhere\/img_1127-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127.jpg?fit=2937%2C2203&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2937,2203\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1439916778&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00039793076004775&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1127\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9859\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"IMG_1127\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1127.jpg?w=2200&amp;ssl=1 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They were even on top of the hot steel table I sat down at to drink my Kevita, the apple&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/08\/19\/goathead-season-in-reno-theyre-everywhere\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":""},"categories":[91,95,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nbg-biking-cities","category-reno","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2yV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12942,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2017\/06\/26\/2017-reno-national-bicycle-greenway-day-proclamation\/","url_meta":{"origin":9853,"position":0},"title":"2017 Reno National Bicycle Greenway Day Proclamation","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mayors' Ride&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mayors' Ride","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/mayors-ride\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Reno Proclamation 2017","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Greenway-proclomation.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Greenway-proclomation.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Greenway-proclomation.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Greenway-proclomation.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Greenway-proclomation.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9928,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/08\/23\/good-bye-reno-in-pictures\/","url_meta":{"origin":9853,"position":1},"title":"Good Bye Reno in Pictures","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A Saturday in Reno. 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