{"id":1459,"date":"2016-06-17T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2016-06-17T17:58:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T17:58:40","slug":"june-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1459","title":{"rendered":"June 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1461\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4336b.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1461\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1461 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4336b-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4336b\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4336b-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4336b-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the leaning bell tower in Leeuwarden. Started leaning in 1500! Still in use, though somewhat discomfiting, I think!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1462\" style=\"width: 356px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4340b.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1462\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4340b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4340b\" width=\"346\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4340b-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4340b-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4340b-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lake mooring east of Grou. Peaceful and a lovely way to spend an afternoon.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1463\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4341b.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1463\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1463 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4341b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4341b\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4341b-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4341b-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/DSCN4341b-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just another unique boat we&#8217;ve seen&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From Dokkum, we moved southwest to Leeuwarden. A lovely city mooring, but with waterlogged lawn to jump onto to tie-up. We explored this city center, and then, after provisioning, returned aboard to move on to a very quiet lake mooring just east of Grou.<\/p>\n<p>The wind changed about 140 degrees through the evening, which put us in the shelter of a few trees on the island we were tied to, and we spent a very quiet night. Kerry helped me install a new windshield wiper motor and control, which works perfectly, and helps the crew stay dry (instead of using a squeegee through an unzipped window!).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, we cruised a short way to Sneek (pronounced like the crawly reptile), a town where there are a large number of boat manufacturers, and where the canal through the town is a never-ending parade of all sorts of boats. We&#8217;ll stay here overnight, then move along to more cruising on the lakes of this part of Friesland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Dokkum, we moved southwest to Leeuwarden. A lovely city mooring, but with waterlogged lawn to jump onto to tie-up. We explored this city center, and then, after provisioning, returned aboard to move on to a very quiet lake mooring &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/?p=1459\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1465,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/1465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mortimer.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}