{"id":2232,"date":"2014-04-28T14:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2014-04-28T14:52:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T21:52:18","slug":"picnic-at-point-defiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/2014\/04\/28\/picnic-at-point-defiance\/","title":{"rendered":"Picnic at Point Defiance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Spring weather is here, finally! Or at least, most of the time. With Tacoma weather it&#8217;s hard to tell if it will stay sunny or start to pour! To take advantage of the recent sun, some of my friends and I decided to take a little trip to beautiful Point Defiance Park for a picnic!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We wandered down to the coast and picked a pretty spot where the forest gave us plenty of shade. It was a lovely view!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2234\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7442-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2234\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2234\" alt=\"Me and the gang\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7442-copy-1024x569.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7442-copy-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7442-copy-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The gang (courtesy of the self-timer on my camera)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2237\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7463.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2237\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2237\" alt=\"The view from our spot, featuring the ferry!\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7463-1024x667.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7463-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7463-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from our spot, featuring the ferry!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2236\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2236\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2236\" alt=\"What a bunch of goons\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7452-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7452-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7452-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What a bunch of goons<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">After our lunch, we took a little hike through the forest on one of the many gorgeous trails. One good thing about Washington, you can always count on it to be green!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2238\" alt=\"IMG_7466\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7466-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7466-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7466-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2239\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7468.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2239\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2239\" alt=\"Explorin'\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7468-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7468-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7468-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Explorin&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">As we were getting ready to head out, we decided to make one last stop on our way home. <strong>MILKSHAKES!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7476.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2240\" alt=\"IMG_7476\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7476-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7476-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7476-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7497.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2242\" alt=\"IMG_7497\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7497-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7497-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7497-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7482.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2241\" alt=\"IMG_7482\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7482-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7482-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7482-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This weekend was a wonderful way to relax before finals. In the home stretch now, and I&#8217;m glad I got to spend time exploring Tacoma with my buddies!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2235\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2235\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2235\" alt=\"dah boys\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7447-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7447-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7447-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dah boyz<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2233\" alt=\"IMG_7441\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7441-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7441-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_7441-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring weather is here, finally! Or at least, most of the time. With Tacoma weather it&#8217;s hard to tell if it will stay sunny or start to pour! To take advantage of the recent sun, some of my friends and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/2014\/04\/28\/picnic-at-point-defiance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[326,4],"tags":[382,383,100,380,379,101,381,128],"class_list":["post-2232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-14","category-maddie-peckenpaugh-16","tag-coast","tag-explore","tag-photos","tag-picnic","tag-point-d","tag-point-defiance","tag-sunny","tag-tacoma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/admission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}