{"id":11873,"date":"2018-06-20T18:27:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T23:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11873"},"modified":"2018-06-20T18:30:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T23:30:46","slug":"skywatch-friday-vacation-2018-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=11873","title":{"rendered":"Skywatch Friday &#8211; Vacation 2018 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ighHzQ-n-yY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We are towards the end of our vacation this year on the Alabama gulf coast. The highlight so far was Heather riding a paddleboard in the open water. She teaches a pool based paddleboard class but had never ridden a paddleboard before this trip. Logan and I went kayaking during this outing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180619-194404-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/42915932721\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1821\/42915932721_e8548ffa3a_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180619-194404-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I have been taking lots of photos. The water and surrounding area are always a rich source of images for me.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PICT0016\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/41094538480\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1825\/41094538480_062707350d_z.jpg\" alt=\"PICT0016\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here is a shot of Heather just starting out on the paddleboard. I am in my kayak so I guess this is a &#8220;kayakcam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180619-064447-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/42856435752\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1786\/42856435752_3443096a01_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180619-064447-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We have been out on the beach a lot. Both sitting on it, in the water, and walking the beach.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180617-160809-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/42157556034\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/899\/42157556034_cbff84756f_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180617-160809-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I have fair skin so stay covered up but my feet really got burned on this trip.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180617-131125-24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/28006871337\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1729\/28006871337_35a7ff2592_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180617-131125-24\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We went on our first ever family bike ride. Logan has never learned to ride a bike so we rented him a three wheeled version. He did quite well. Heather and I tried it and agreed that it was a lot harder to ride than the two wheeled variety. Steering in particular was hard. The bike had a mind of its own.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180617-104823-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/42827447382\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1734\/42827447382_5d881ddb52_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180617-104823-16\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We passed this sign. Lots of alligator habitat in Gulf State Park where we were. It inhibited by geocaching quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180616-193033-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/41042017840\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1789\/41042017840_8af802d267_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180616-193033-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We cooked a shrimp dinner one night. We have our shrimp place, so we boil them, and Heather prepares the sides.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180616-103458-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/41028652390\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1730\/41028652390_7b200dbdd0_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180616-103458-11\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And the skies. The skies have been magnificent.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"20180616-071728-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/42839223801\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1724\/42839223801_67373c96bc_z.jpg\" alt=\"20180616-071728-7\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>I am linking with <a href=\"https:\/\/skyley.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skywatch Friday<\/a><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are towards the end of our vacation this year on the Alabama gulf coast. The highlight so far was Heather riding a paddleboard in the open water. She teaches a pool based paddleboard class but had never ridden a paddleboard before this trip. Logan and I went kayaking during this outing. 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