{"id":1330,"date":"2008-08-10T13:13:55","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T18:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2008-08-10T13:16:22","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T18:16:22","slug":"imagine-if-the-trip-to-lake-placid-had-been-this-well-placid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/08\/10\/imagine-if-the-trip-to-lake-placid-had-been-this-well-placid\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine if the trip to Lake Placid had been this, well, placid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suckers for punishment that we are, we decided on one last road trip this summer.   We loaded the boys into the van and drove across the province, through the unbelievably picturesque Algonquin Park, to see the boys paternal grandparents, Mimi and Pipi.<\/p>\n<p>If nothing else, the trip completely restored my confidence in our ability to enjoy a road trip.  That, and the boys had the chance to drive Pipi&#8217;s boat, go fishing, and feed the chipmunks that Mimi and Pipi have tamed with a steady stream of peanuts.<\/p>\n<p>These are a few of my favourite moments:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/2745536426\/\" title=\"DSC_1468 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3090\/2745536426_d7dfc8cb15.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" alt=\"DSC_1468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/2745548052\/\" title=\"DSC_1392v2 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3167\/2745548052_3bbf7dc1d4.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"293\" alt=\"DSC_1392v2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/2745543230\/\" title=\"DSC_1510 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3133\/2745543230_13a0dfb503.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" alt=\"DSC_1510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/2744705063\/\" title=\"DSC_1493 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3151\/2744705063_3dcd72beae.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_1493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The full set of photos is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/sets\/72157606620174673\/\">here<\/a>.  (And, if you&#8217;re wondering, the answer is yes, I have spent the entire summer with Lucas in one hand and my Nikon in the other!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suckers for punishment that we are, we decided on one last road trip this summer. We loaded the boys into the van and drove across the province, through the unbelievably picturesque Algonquin Park, to see the boys paternal grandparents, Mimi and Pipi. If nothing else, the trip completely restored my confidence in our ability to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2008\/08\/10\/imagine-if-the-trip-to-lake-placid-had-been-this-well-placid\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Imagine if the trip to Lake Placid had been this, well, placid&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-away-we-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}