{"id":254,"date":"2009-08-26T19:57:06","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T00:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=254"},"modified":"2009-08-26T20:14:28","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T01:14:28","slug":"canoe-trip-with-my-dad-and-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2009\/08\/canoe-trip-with-my-dad-and-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Canoe trip with my dad and brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 5-10 I went on a canoe trip with 8 men fromour church including<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-253\" title=\"web-pete-don-before-sign-sm\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2009\/08\/web-pete-don-before-sign-sm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"web-pete-don-before-sign-sm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> my dad and brother Don from Japan.  We canoed for 4 days in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.  It was a wonderful time.  Beautiful scenery, quiet, loons out on the lake, gorgeous sunsets, rejoicing in God&#8217;s marvelous creation, great fellowship, outstanding camp food&#8230;  I could go on and on.  In particular I had some good talks with Don who I seldom see.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" title=\"sunset-w-canoe-distant-sm\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2009\/08\/sunset-w-canoe-distant-sm-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"sunset-w-canoe-distant-sm\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"seagull-lake-looking-to-s\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2009\/08\/seagull-lake-looking-to-s-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"seagull-lake-looking-to-s\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=254&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 5-10 I went on a canoe trip with 8 men fromour church including my dad and brother Don from Japan. 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