{"id":8347,"date":"2015-01-28T09:36:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T14:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8347"},"modified":"2015-02-01T09:57:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T14:57:36","slug":"beach-bound-for-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8347","title":{"rendered":"Beach Bound for Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am taking a break from blogging because I am on another business trip to the U.S. West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>And who should meet me at the airport upon arrival yesterday but&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230; a terrific first cousin, the son of the aunt and uncle for whom I cared during the winter of their respective lives.  My cousin lives in the town where the meetings I am facilitating this week are being held.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Beach.jpg?resize=584%2C463\" alt=\"Beach\" width=\"584\" height=\"463\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Beach.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Beach.jpg?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Beach.jpg?resize=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Beach.jpg?resize=378%2C300&amp;ssl=1 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>You know, I could have found a place to rent a Harley and go play for the afternoon in bright, sunny, warm weather.  However, family is extremely important to me, and I think the world of my cousin.  So I chose to spend all afternoon with him.  I can ride &#8230; some other time.  But not now.  Family comes first.<\/p>\n<p>BTW, the boots I am wearing in this photo are Chippewa Hikers.  I chose them because: 1) I had to shovel one inch of snow from my drive and they have good soles for traction; 2) they&#8217;re comfortable and well-broken in; 3) I can wear them through airport security <strike>without setting off the alarm<\/strike>; 4) they&#8217;re good for walking on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.  Lots of good reasons to choose these particular boots.<\/p>\n<p>Because I will be busy with meetings Wednesday and Thursday (and flying back home all day Friday), I will not have time to write blog posts.  Check back on the weekend when I am back at home.  Thank you for your patience.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  make family a priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am taking a break from blogging because I am on another business trip to the U.S. West Coast. And who should meet me at the airport upon arrival yesterday but&#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-8347","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\/8347","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=8347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}