{"id":149,"date":"2020-01-05T23:24:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/?p=149"},"modified":"2020-09-15T01:29:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T08:29:10","slug":"010520-swimming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/010520-swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"01.05.20: Back to the States and the Grind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p align=\"center\"><script data-aspectratio=\"9:16\" data-width=\"270\" data-height=\"480\" data-magisto=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magisto.com\/e\/player\/NwMHYgUbRmgrXxtgCzE?t=1579311085\"><\/script><br><FONT SIZE=\"-2\">Part 1 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magisto.com\/video\/NwMHYgUbRmgrXxtgCzE?l=vsm&amp;o=w&amp;c=c\">Magisto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/385543860\">Vimeo<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B_0uAHGqoOw\">Youtube<\/a><\/FONT><br><font size=\"-1\">Run Time: 4 min, 14 sec. <br>Soundtrack: Running Wild by Paul Whitehead.<\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Sunday, January 05, 2020<\/strong><br><em>Burnaby, BC \/ Ferndale &#8211; Bellingham, Washington<\/em><br><br>Sir Oisin and King Cian get up early and hang out with Lady Bernadette, Princess Elaine, and Sir Jay &#8230; having tea and cereal for breakfast.  They decide to go for a late morning swim at the Edmunds Recreation Center in Burnaby, swimming with Bernie and Elaine, the kids racing, water slides, and having aquatic fun. King Cian and Princess Elaine host swim contests with one another. As they depart, King Cian catches up with his mom over Skype then they head back to the house having Mac n&#8217; cheese for lunch before departing for the United States. They headed back across the border around 3 pm to the States with a long wait, but easy crossing.    <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p div=\"\" align=\"center\"><script data-aspectratio=\"9:16\" data-width=\"270\" data-height=\"480\" data-magisto=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magisto.com\/e\/player\/bkRENgQNHi83ARtgCzE?t=1579370548\"><\/script><br><FONT SIZE=\"-2\">Part 2 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magisto.com\/video\/bkRENgQNHi83ARtgCzE?l=vsm&amp;o=w&amp;c=c\">Magisto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/385609269\">Vimeo<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o0ObOR3zjS0&amp;t=5s\">Youtube<\/a><\/FONT><br><font size=\"-1\">Run Time: 2 min, 42 sec. <br>Soundtrack: Road Trip by Chieli Minucci.  <\/font><\/p><P><BR>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Sir Oisin and King Cian go back across the border headed into Ferndale and Bellingham. Dad begins fishing for delivery offers with Grubhub but gets no bites so they stop to do some grocery shopping in order to gather snacks and lunch for school. Grabbing gas and afterwards a session at Starbucks where Oisin downloaded movies, worked on WebDev client projects, and videoblogged.  They headed back into the mountains before dark, made dinner, played Fortnite figurines, legos, and video games before retiring early for a early morning drive and wake up going to school on Monday. Exhausted, an early bed time was had by both.  <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<P><BR><DIV ALIGN=\"CENTER\">[ <A HREF=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/?p=140\">Previous Page<\/A> ] &nbsp; [ <A HREF=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/?p=151\n\">Next Page<\/A> ]\n\n<P><BR><form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"55M5Q229VNTLC\" \/>\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate with PayPal button\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n<\/form><\/DIV><P><BR>\n\n\n\n<!--- Fishing Grubhub 3-430 (1.5) No schedule, No offers, No guarantees.  Stride: -$13.40 Deduction, 1 hour 45 minutes, 23.31 miles.  -7.50 CDN Burnaby Rec Center swimming. ENT PERS- Winco Groceries -85.83 Cian: 24 Hours Dad, Winter Break. --->\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/wp-content\/gallery\/cian-oisin-jan-01-2020-bellingham\/010120-0033-bham.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Hanging around the beaches of the Port of Bellingham, Washington. Adventures in Bellingham, Ferndale, and Fairhaven, Washington.  (C) 2020: Photos by Thomas Baurley, Leaf McGowan, Techno Tink Media; www.technotink.net\/photography.  Full adventure tales at www.technotink.net\/adventures. 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