the page

<?php

get_header();
?>

<div id="main-content">
    <div id="mj-main-banner" style="background-image: url('<?php the_field('mj_banner_image'); ?>');"></div>
    <div class="container">
        <div id="content-area" class="clearfix">
            <?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
                <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
                   <div class="et_post_meta_wrapper">
                    <h2><?php the_field('trip_title'); ?></h2> <!-- ACF variable -->
                   </div> <!-- .et_post_meta_wrapper -->

                    <div class="entry-content">
                       <?php
                           the_field('details_about_this_trip');
                       ?>
                    </div> <!-- .entry-content -->
                </article>
         <?php endwhile; ?>
      </div> <!-- #content-area -->

      <div id="blog-grid-minor">
            <h3>Blog Posts for this trip</h3>

            <!-- Search all posts for those with the category for this trip -->
            <?php
                $args = array(
                    'post_type' => 'post',
                    'posts_per_page' => 6,
                    'order' => 'desc',
                    'orderby' => 'date',
                    'tax_query' => array(
                        array(
                            'taxonomy' => 'category',
                            'field'    => 'slug',
                            'terms'    => get_field('category_to_display'), // category from the custom field
                        ),
                    ),
                );

                // Get current page and append to custom query parameters array
                $args['paged'] = get_query_var( 'paged' ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;

                $the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

            // Pagination fix
            $temp_query = $wp_query;
                $wp_query   = NULL;
                $wp_query   = $the_query;
         ?>

            <!-- This line is here for purposes of error checking during process of getting pagination to work -->
            <?php
                echo "<p style='color: blue;'><strong>";
                echo "The total number of pages to display is: " . $the_query->max_num_pages;
                echo "</strong></p>";
            ?>

         <div id="fwd-blog-grid">
                <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
                    <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
                        <div class="fwd-grid-item">
                            <?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
                                the_post_thumbnail();
                            } ?>
                            <h2><a href='<?php the_permalink(); ?>'><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
                            <div class="entry-content">
                                <a href='<?php the_permalink(); ?>'><?php the_excerpt(); ?></a>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    <?php endwhile; ?>

                    <?php
                        wp_reset_postdata();

                        echo "<div style='clear: both;'>";
                            //wp_pagenavi( array( 'query' => $the_query ) );
                            echo "<div style='float: right;'>";
                                next_posts_link( '&laquo; Newer Posts', $the_query->max_num_pages );
                            echo "</div>";

                            echo "<div style='float: left;'>";
                                previous_posts_link( 'Older Posts &raquo;' );
                            echo "</div>";
                        echo "</div>";

                        // Reset main query object
                        $wp_query = NULL;
                        $wp_query = $temp_query;
                    ?>

             <?php else:  ?>
                 <p style="text-align: center;">There are no blog posts to display. Mianne is still sorting this bit of code out! :) </p>
                 <p style="text-align: center;">We might be out of signal range, but will be sure to add a blog post as soon as we can.</p>
             <?php endif; ?>

          </div>
        </div> <!-- #blog-grid-minor" -->
    </div> <!-- .container -->
</div> <!-- #main-content -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>