{"id":8286,"date":"2013-05-26T07:24:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T12:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2013-05-26T07:27:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T12:27:30","slug":"this-week-in-pictures-road-trip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2013\/05\/26\/this-week-in-pictures-road-trip-2\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in pictures: Road Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">W<\/span>hat a week! For the long weekend, we zoomed down to London and Windsor for a wedding &#8211; more about that in a minute &#8211; and a crazy-quick visit with family, stopped off in London for more family, and then zoomed back home again. 1750 km and 18 hours in the car over four days &#8211; my kids are awesome road-trippers!  There was so much photo fun to share that it took an entire week to share.<\/p>\n<p>The kids were amazing in the car. We left Ottawa at 8 am on Friday, drove through an earthquake (didn&#8217;t feel a thing) and barely stopped until we arrived on the other side of the province in Windsor in time for dinner.  There were a lot of electronic devices, a whole whackload of &#8220;are we there yet?&#8221; and a lot of this going on:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8749545705\/\" title=\"Artist at work by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8414\/8749545705_f81c6811de_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Artist at work\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bride and groom live in a little town just outside of Windsor called Amherstburg. They have a gorgeous place right where the Detroit River opens on to Lake Erie, and we passed a fun morning playing there before the wedding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8792130114\/\" title=\"beach fun by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8136\/8792130114_d6dc1a49a1_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"beach fun\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Not our dog &#8211; he came with the beach!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8792132622\/\" title=\"beach fun-3 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7385\/8792132622_6d12564f57_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"beach fun-3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8792131548\/\" title=\"beach fun-2 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2811\/8792131548_4bfd16bd25_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" alt=\"beach fun-2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then there was a wedding! How sweet is this? Beloved&#8217;s dad and his girlfriend have been together since before Beloved and I met. They happen to share the same birthday. On their mutual birthday last year, she asked him to marry her! And they say it&#8217;s the younger generation who are throwing tradition to the wind. So this lovely couple, my sweet in-laws, tied the knot during a beautiful afternoon ceremony on a deck overlooking the river. You couldn&#8217;t ask for a more perfect day for a wedding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8796522461\/\" title=\"Scenes from a wedding by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2853\/8796522461_f1376346d0_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"Scenes from a wedding\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8807104416\/\" title=\"Scenes from a wedding by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5464\/8807104416_863b09608d_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"Scenes from a wedding\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8796524157\/\" title=\"Scenes from a wedding by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2814\/8796524157_af96ea46e5_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"Scenes from a wedding\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8807105832\/\" title=\"Scenes from a wedding by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3702\/8807105832_e889961ea5_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Scenes from a wedding\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8770174519\/\" title=\"Mimi and Pipi's wedding by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7291\/8770174519_4469220ace_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Mimi and Pipi's wedding\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8752533752\/\" title=\"Bride and groom at sunset by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8395\/8752533752_53d9d3f13b_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Bride and groom at sunset\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8807104872\/\" title=\"Scenes from a wedding by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2813\/8807104872_cf7fd3690f_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Scenes from a wedding\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adorable, yes?<\/p>\n<p>And then, we zoomed on over to London for a quick visit with my brother and his family. I heard it was cool and rainy here in Ottawa, but it was summery perfect in London. The freshly opened pool was fresh enough that the kids were welcome to go in but there was no way I was dipping anything more than a toe into it. Brrr!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8755876908\/\" title=\"IMG_3552 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8394\/8755876908_5642cd8a72_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"IMG_3552\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8808166835\/\" title=\"Weekend with the cousins by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2812\/8808166835_3fc07e5c20_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Weekend with the cousins\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8818754660\/\" title=\"Weekend with the cousins by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5336\/8818754660_23837a4b24_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Weekend with the cousins\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/8818755048\/\" title=\"Weekend with the cousins by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5458\/8818755048_0caa60ec86_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Weekend with the cousins\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then up early the next morning to be back in Ottawa in time to pick up Bella at 6 pm.  Phew, what a trip!  A sunny, warm, colourful, wonderful trip filled with family, love, laughter and fun &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t get any better than that. \ud83d\ude42 If you&#8217;d like to see more from the weekend, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/sets\/72157633645575260\/\">a set on Flickr <\/a>with more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a week! For the long weekend, we zoomed down to London and Windsor for a wedding &#8211; more about that in a minute &#8211; and a crazy-quick visit with family, stopped off in London for more family, and then zoomed back home again. 1750 km and 18 hours in the car over four days &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2013\/05\/26\/this-week-in-pictures-road-trip-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This week in pictures: Road Trip!&#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":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286","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=8286"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8292,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286\/revisions\/8292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}