{"id":4697,"date":"2017-04-13T11:10:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T15:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:10:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T15:10:27","slug":"gulf-waters-by-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/13\/gulf-waters-by-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf Waters by night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_4698\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0410172027.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4698\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4698\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0410172027-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Night lights\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0410172027-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0410172027-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0410172027-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0410172027-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0410172027-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night lights<\/p><\/div>One of the many things I love about Gulf Waters is the way many of the owners illuminate their sites.  There is a fun, festive feel about the place.  It reminds me of my trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tivoli_Gardens\">Tivoli Gardens<\/a> in Copenhagen many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Just one more thing that we will miss when we leave &#8211; which is now just 24 hours away.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t sleep well last night because my mind was going a mile a minute thinking of things that need to be done to prepare for the trip.  We are actually pretty well prepared, so getting out should be easy.  But it will mark the end of five wonderful months at Gulf Waters and the start of 7 months of travel, through 36 or 37 states, with a cumulative towing miles total in excess of 11,000.  And it will be our first RV trip without Grace, which will put another layer of sadness on our departure.<\/p>\n<p>But it is time to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many things I love about Gulf Waters is the way many of the owners illuminate their sites. There is a fun, festive feel about the place. It reminds me of my trip to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen many years ago. 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