{"id":3757,"date":"2012-07-25T23:38:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T23:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=3757"},"modified":"2012-07-25T23:38:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T23:38:24","slug":"summer-visit-instagrammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/?p=3757","title":{"rendered":"Summer Visit, Instagrammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3757 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo2.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo3-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo3-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo4-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo4.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womantalk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/photo5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>My sister was here for ten days with my two nieces, and I feel pretty sure that it was the highlight of my summer. With a highlight like that, I need the rest of the summer to recover anyway. Our three combined kids were high-energy go-go-go, and it always seemed best to get out of the house as soon as possible each morning.<\/p>\n<p>We got to spend time at <strong>Dinosaur Park<\/strong> (did you know that that there is a box of excavated dirt in the community center that you can sift through and find real, live fossils?);<\/p>\n<p><strong>swimming<\/strong> every day either in our little community pool or the big one at Rancho Niguel;<\/p>\n<p>playing at <strong>Strands Beach<\/strong> (parking there is free);<\/p>\n<p><strong>surfing<\/strong> (with gentle instruction by Eric) at San Onofre State Beach &#8211; talk to me if you are interested, because we&#8217;re going to do a couple more surfing days this summer;<\/p>\n<p>attending two days of<strong> forest kindergarten<\/strong> at O&#8217;Neill Regional Park and Aliso Creek;<\/p>\n<p>exploring at <strong>Pretend City<\/strong> (Sue got me and C an annual pass for a belated b-day gift. whipee!):<\/p>\n<p>and eating lots of <strong>Mexican food<\/strong> on the go (Golodrinas, homemade nachos, chips and salsa&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>There was no room for Disneyland (whew) or even Trabuco Creek (a bit hot anyway). We had fun and I miss my sweet nieces. They were really fun to have around. Must start saving for a 2013 or 2014 month-long trip to Melbourne!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sister was here for ten days with my two nieces, and I feel pretty sure that it was the highlight of my summer. With a highlight like that, I need the rest of the summer to recover anyway. 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