{"id":577736,"date":"2010-05-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/entry\/beach_vacations"},"modified":"2010-05-24T16:50:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T20:50:19","slug":"beach-vacations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/577736","title":{"rendered":"Beach Vacations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day will soon be here and that means that beach season is just around the corner!&nbsp; I just took the time to schedule some time off for summer fun in the sun, and my kids are already nagging us to take them to the beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"299\" border=\"0\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov:80\/roller\/govgab\/resource\/images\/Yellow_Umbrella.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did you know you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nodc.noaa.gov\/dsdt\/cwtg\/\" title=\"check the water temperature\">check the water temperature<\/a> at the beach online? How nice that we can keep an eye on the water temperature so we can plan our vacations for optimal surf splashing.<\/p>\n<p>This summer don\u2019t forget the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/entry\/use_sunscreen_don_t_get\" title=\"sunscreen\">sunscreen<\/a> whether you\u2019re at the beach or not. In the past, I didn\u2019t think too much about the effects of sun exposure.&nbsp; I used to think that if I didn\u2019t have a really bad burn, everything was fine. Then a few years ago my father died of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/cancertopics\/types\/skin\" title=\"skin cancer\">skin cancer<\/a> and the reality of sun exposure and skin damage began to sink in. It\u2019s summertime and we\u2019re all spending more time outdoors \u2013 at the pool, the beach, the garden or just playing in the yard, so now\u2019s a good time to be thinking about our skin.<\/p>\n<p>We haven\u2019t booked our vacation rental, so if you know a fun, family-friendly beach town on the northern east coast, let me know. Whether you\u2019re on the land or in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/date\/200905?page=1\" title=\"water\">water<\/a> \u2013 stay safe and have a great summer! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day will soon be here and that means that beach season is just around the corner!&nbsp; I just took the time to schedule some time off for summer fun in the sun, and my kids are already nagging us to take them to the beach. Did you know you can check the water temperature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}