{"id":13194,"date":"2016-02-22T20:57:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=13194"},"modified":"2020-08-20T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T20:55:21","slug":"quick-winter-get-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/22\/quick-winter-get-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick winter get away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the long presidents day weekend we decided to head down to Florida to warm our toes in our favorite sand.<\/p>\n<p>On the way down we stopped in Franklin, Tn and Eva was so excited to swim in the pool but as luck would have it, it was closed. So instead we hit the workout room to burn off a little energy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13203\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13203\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/24392359884_0c7a664fcf_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Processed with VSCOcam with m5 preset\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Processed with VSCOcam with m5 preset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13195\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1386copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A1386copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1386copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1386copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1386copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1386copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stayed in a condo at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitsouthwalton.com\/beaches\/watersound\">Watersound Beach<\/a> that had awesome views of both the ocean and the dune lake.<\/p>\n<p>The first time we went to watersound (about 6 years ago) the boys were so freaked out by the weird lake that was full of tadpoles. They called it the &#8220;toxic river of doom&#8221;. It turns out that these <a href=\"http:\/\/30a.com\/coastal-dune-lakes\/\">dune lakes<\/a> are pretty rare and by the end of the trip they were playing in it catching (and releasing) the tadpoles.<\/p>\n<p>Andy and I walked a lot and even peaked in the windows of the house I showed a <a href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/13\/2-degrees\/\">few posts back<\/a>. It is even better in person.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13196\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1397copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A1397copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1397copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1397copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1397copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1397copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The weather was mid 60&#8217;s most of the time but the kids still swam in the heated pool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13205\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/24654895579_61585d8e29_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"24654895579_61585d8e29_o\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>February in Florida is better than February in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13206\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/24395216863_14ac84f29e_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"24395216863_14ac84f29e_o\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This house&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13207\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/24726656990_6626c73f57_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"24726656990_6626c73f57_o\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was sooo nice to get out of freezing temps<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13208\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1424copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A1424copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1424copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1424copy-600x439.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1424copy-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1424copy-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love this place so much<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13209\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1439copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A1439copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1439copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1439copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1439copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1439copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We met two Golden Retriever puppies and played in the sand with them. They live there full time. Lucky ducks.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time 30A. See you soon!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the long presidents day weekend we decided to head down to Florida to warm our toes in our favorite sand. On the way down we stopped in Franklin, Tn and Eva was so excited to swim in the pool but as luck would have it, it was closed. So instead we hit the workout room to burn off a little energy. We stayed in a condo at Watersound Beach that had awesome views of both the ocean and the dune lake. The first time we went to watersound (about 6 years ago) the boys were so freaked out by the weird lake that was full of tadpoles. They called it the &#8220;toxic river of doom&#8221;. It turns out that these dune lakes are pretty rare and by the end of the trip they were playing in it catching (and releasing) the tadpoles. Andy and I walked a lot and even peaked in the windows of the house I showed a few posts back. It is even better in person. The weather was mid 60&#8217;s most of the time but the kids still swam in the heated pool. February in Florida is better than February in Ohio. This house&#8230;.. It was sooo nice to get out of freezing temps I love this place so much We met two Golden Retriever puppies and played in the sand with them. They live there full time. Lucky ducks. Until next time 30A. See you soon!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,20],"tags":[30,277,693],"class_list":["post-13194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach","category-travel","tag-30a","tag-florida","tag-watersound-beach"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Q14A1444copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13194"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17439,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13194\/revisions\/17439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}