{"id":179,"date":"2010-01-02T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/?p=179"},"modified":"2010-01-02T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T00:20:00","slug":"polar-bear-swim-jan-1-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/polar-bear-swim-jan-1-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Bear Swim &#8211; Jan 1, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started off 2010 with a goal of taking in as many Sunshine Coast festivals as possible this year. First up, the annual Polar Bear Swim at Davis Bay on New Year&#8217;s Day. No ice and snow in sight this year, just a little wind and light rain. Too warm for any hypothermia but still a fun time for all involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_EMjNiMSmhNg\/Sz_WHIcUXKI\/AAAAAAAAALE\/NY1m4M-uGks\/s1600-h\/Polar+Bear+Kids.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_EMjNiMSmhNg\/Sz_WHIcUXKI\/AAAAAAAAALE\/NY1m4M-uGks\/s320\/Polar+Bear+Kids.JPG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event kicked of with a few brave soles under the age of 12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_EMjNiMSmhNg\/Sz_WG3IClSI\/AAAAAAAAAK8\/2qrWhB5toUU\/s1600-h\/Polar+Bear+10.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_EMjNiMSmhNg\/Sz_WG3IClSI\/AAAAAAAAAK8\/2qrWhB5toUU\/s320\/Polar+Bear+10.JPG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They were soon followed by a crowd of adults of all ages who braved the high tide and cool waters.<\/p>\n<p>I think I will wait until summer to dip my toes in the ocean. Davis Bay is the largest public beach on the Sunshine Coast and a very popular destination. It sits at the mouth of Chapman Creek making it great for salmon fishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started off 2010 with a goal of taking in as many Sunshine <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/polar-bear-swim-jan-1-2010\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-davis-bay","category-polar-bear-swim","category-sunshine-coast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcturusretreat.ca\/wordp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}