{"id":15654,"date":"2020-02-10T10:16:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15654"},"modified":"2020-02-10T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T15:16:34","slug":"so-it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15654","title":{"rendered":"So It Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PR01-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PR01.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PR01.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/PR01.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Today our long-planned travel, now that I am retired, begins.<\/p>\n<p>Next on this blog&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230; I may (or may not, depending on my whims and connectivity) be posting photos of Spouse and me relaxing in warm sunshine on beaches of my favorite Caribbean island, known as <em>la isla del encanto<\/em>.  Western side, where it is more authentic, relaxed, and has such a friendly, welcoming vibe.<\/p>\n<p>Hasta pronto!<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  enjoy the rewards of retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today our long-planned travel, now that I am retired, begins. Next on this blog&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}