{"id":2637,"date":"2015-08-18T21:56:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T01:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2637"},"modified":"2015-08-18T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T01:56:12","slug":"la-platte-river-818","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2637","title":{"rendered":"La Platte River 8\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Jane and I rode up to Shelburne, VT to go kayaking with Elaine. We put in at Shelburne Bay and headed up the LaPlatte River.<figure id=\"attachment_2643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2643\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shelburne-bay-3251.jpg\" alt=\"Shelburne Bay\" width=\"600\" height=\"208\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shelburne-bay-3251.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shelburne-bay-3251-150x52.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shelburne-bay-3251-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelburne Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2640\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jane-and-Elaine-under-the-arch-3255.jpg\" alt=\"Tree arching over the river\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jane-and-Elaine-under-the-arch-3255.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jane-and-Elaine-under-the-arch-3255-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Jane-and-Elaine-under-the-arch-3255-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree arching over the river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The river was full of wildlife. We saw several types of ducks, herons, osprey, cedar waxwings<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2644\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/woodies-5062.jpg\" alt=\"Wood ducks\" width=\"600\" height=\"554\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/woodies-5062.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/woodies-5062-150x139.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/woodies-5062-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood ducks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2642\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-mama-with-fish-5086.jpg\" alt=\"Osprey with a fish for baby\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-mama-with-fish-5086.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-mama-with-fish-5086-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-mama-with-fish-5086-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Osprey with a fish for baby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2641\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-baby-5104.jpg\" alt=\"Baby osprey\" width=\"600\" height=\"545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-baby-5104.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-baby-5104-150x136.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/osprey-baby-5104-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby osprey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2636\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/great-blue-heron-5176.jpg\" alt=\"Great blue heron in tree\" width=\"397\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/great-blue-heron-5176.jpg 397w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/great-blue-heron-5176-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/great-blue-heron-5176-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great blue heron in tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2634\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/egret-5165.jpg\" alt=\"Common egret\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/egret-5165.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/egret-5165-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/egret-5165-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common egret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2632\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cedar-waxwing-5142.jpg\" alt=\"Cedar waxwing\" width=\"490\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cedar-waxwing-5142.jpg 490w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cedar-waxwing-5142-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cedar-waxwing-5142-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cedar waxwing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2631\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cardinal-flower-5149.jpg\" alt=\"Cardinal flower\" width=\"369\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cardinal-flower-5149.jpg 369w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cardinal-flower-5149-92x150.jpg 92w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cardinal-flower-5149-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardinal flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were points that it was difficult to navigate the fallen logs,<figure id=\"attachment_2635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2635\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elaine-navigating-a-snag-5153.jpg\" alt=\"Elaine navigating a snag\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elaine-navigating-a-snag-5153.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elaine-navigating-a-snag-5153-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elaine-navigating-a-snag-5153-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elaine navigating a snag<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>but we all had a good time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Jane and I rode up to Shelburne, VT to go kayaking with Elaine. We put in at Shelburne Bay and headed up the LaPlatte River. The river was full of wildlife. We saw several types of ducks, herons, osprey, cedar waxwings There were points that it was difficult to navigate the fallen logs, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2637\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;La Platte River 8\/18&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3S4pT-Gx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2645,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637\/revisions\/2645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}