{"id":57,"date":"2015-09-13T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/?p=57"},"modified":"2016-08-13T16:39:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T23:39:27","slug":"stand-up-paddle-boarding-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/2015\/09\/13\/stand-up-paddle-boarding-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand-Up Paddle-boarding in the Desert?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_60\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6436.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6436-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sitting or standing - it was fun!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6436-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6436-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6436-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-60\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting or standing &#8211; it was fun!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another hot summer day in Phoenix, so we headed to Tempe Town Lake and learned how to Paddle Board.\u00a0 Everyone had it mastered in a matter of minutes so we made good use of our time and paddled all around.\u00a0 Swimming isn&#8217;t really allowed in Tempe Town Lake, but if you &#8220;fall&#8221; off your board, I guess you&#8217;ll have to swim a bit.\u00a0\u00a0 The water felt great!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6358.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6358-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6358\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6358-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6358-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2015\/09\/IMG_6358-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There was also a fabulous tribute to those who lost their life on September 11 &#8212; one flag for every victim &#8212; including their bio.\u00a0 It was touching and a great remembrance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another hot summer day in Phoenix, so we headed to Tempe Town Lake and learned how to Paddle Board.\u00a0 Everyone had it mastered in a matter of minutes so we made good use of our time and paddled all around.\u00a0 Swimming isn&#8217;t really allowed in Tempe Town Lake, but if you &#8220;fall&#8221; off your board, <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/azs\/2015\/09\/13\/stand-up-paddle-boarding-in-the-desert\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[23,12,6,14,13,32],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clustermeetings-phoenix","tag-aupairs","tag-childcare","tag-cluster-meeting","tag-nanny","tag-phoenix-aupair","tag-scottsdale-aupair"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stand-Up Paddle-boarding in the Desert?! 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