{"id":1225,"date":"2009-12-05T17:30:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T08:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2009-12-05T17:30:18","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T08:30:18","slug":"beach-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/05\/beach-dreams-1225","title":{"rendered":"Beach Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been preparing a packing list today and looking around for items on that list to include in my bags for the upcoming vacation I mentioned in the previous post. While doing this, I&#8217;ve been listening to free internet radio site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.live365.com\">Live365<\/a>, where you can find all kinds of music. I&#8217;ve had the Dominicana Digital station from the Dominican Republic grooving me all afternoon with merengue, salsa, bachata, reggaethon and other hot Latin music. With the cold, blustery weather in Yeosu right now, I sure have a yearning to be sitting in my former Weekend Office, but, alas, it&#8217;s too far away and too expensive to get there. No, unfortunately, that&#8217;s not where I&#8217;m going on winter vacation. Here&#8217;s a shot looking toward the Boca Chica lagoon from my old Weekend Office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_5-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Boca_Beach_5\" title=\"Boca_Beach_5\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_5-480x320.jpg 480w, http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_5-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_5.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, looking further down the beach . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_1-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Boca_Beach_1\" title=\"Boca_Beach_1\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-649\" srcset=\"http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_1-480x320.jpg 480w, http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/montanaron.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Boca_Beach_1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Someday I hope to return for a visit to the Dominican Republic and Boca Chica, but it&#8217;ll be in the summer, when the Yankee baseball camp is in full swing. Until then, I&#8217;ll have to settle for the warmer climes of . . . Laos and Thailand, next weekend. I won&#8217;t be going to any Thai beach areas, but at least it&#8217;ll be nice and warm there and in Vientiane. Can&#8217;t wait. More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been preparing a packing list today and looking around for items on that list to include in my bags for the upcoming vacation I mentioned in the previous post. While doing this, I&#8217;ve been listening to free internet radio site Live365, where you can find all kinds of music. 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