{"id":2616,"date":"2015-04-29T04:28:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T11:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2015-04-29T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T17:56:38","slug":"six-friends-barging-in-locks-and-under-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?p=2616","title":{"rendered":"Six friends &#8212; barging in locks and under bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042845488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-2630 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042845488-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2015042845488\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042830200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-2623 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042830200-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2015042830200\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042853136.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-2634 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042853136-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2015042853136\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042837134.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2626\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042837134-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2015042837134\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_201504290130.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2655\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_201504290130-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_201504290130\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_201504290767.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2658\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_201504290767-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_201504290767\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nOur group of six San Juan Island friends have barged and biked and walked and solved problems together for a week now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2616 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?attachment_id=2628'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042916324-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2015042916324\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Bridges always concentrate our attention. Why? Many are quaint and picturesque and many are low,\u00a0raising the question, &#8220;Can we make it under?&#8221;.\u00a0 If the answer is\u00a0 &#8220;probably not&#8221; we have to get the bridge to open. Sometimes the bridge just opens (perhaps because a security camera alerted someone) or a man pedals up on his bicycle, and sometimes we just wait or hunt for a button to push or Dave calls a phone number and speaks in something like Dutch,something like &#8220;open bridge&#8221; or the name of the bridge\u00a0or town we are in, into the phone.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2616 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?attachment_id=2645'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042914296-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?attachment_id=2647'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042918110-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?attachment_id=2650'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_201504299105-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?attachment_id=2649'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_201504297245-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?attachment_id=2644'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042912689-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042912689-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042912689-640x640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/leslieval.com\/?attachment_id=2643'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/leslieval.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2015042910927-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our group of six San Juan Island friends have barged and biked and walked and solved problems together for a week now. &nbsp; Bridges always concentrate our attention. 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