{"id":710,"date":"2007-05-15T06:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/05\/15\/monday-night-cold-water\/"},"modified":"2007-05-15T06:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T10:09:00","slug":"monday-night-cold-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/05\/15\/monday-night-cold-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night &#8211; cold water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pBlogBody_264766616\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Long, long day.. we finished packing about 2 AM last night which gave us 3 hours of sleep before we had to wake up for our plane. Scott graciously offered to drive us to the airport.. none of us were too wide awake..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407001.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>The flight from <st1:city><st1:place>Burlington<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> to <st1:city><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> was uneventful.<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>It was good having all four of us traveling together.. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407024.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We got to <st1:city><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> around <st1:time minute=\"30\" hour=\"9\">9:30<\/st1:time><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>which gave us<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>little more than an hour to wander around O&#8217;Hare.. I&#8217;m always in such a hurry when I go through their that I never take the time to look around. There&#8217;s some cool stuff<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407015.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407021.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>The trip from <st1:city><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> to <st1:city><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:city><span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>went very quickly for me since I slept nearly the whole way. While I slept, Gabe kept busy with my camera.. <span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Some pretty weird stuff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407037.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407032.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407031.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407030.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407006.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span>We got in to <st1:city><st1:place>San   Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> about <st1:time minute=\"0\" hour=\"12\">noon<\/st1:time>, rented a car and headed for the hotel. As soon as we had dropped our bag, we headed to a nearby restaurant for a quick bite. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407040.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">After lunch, Max was so sleep deprived that he opted to stay in the hotel<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>and sleep while Gabe, Diane and I headed for the beach..<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>We headed over the <st1:city><st1:place>Coronado<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> bridge and drove to <st1:city><st1:place>Coronado<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> beach.. Believe it or not, it was almost deserted. Gabe and I went to a small surf shop ad bought a skim board while Diane slept off some of her jet lag.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407046.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407062.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407113.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407090.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407114.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407099.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>Gabe tried to teach me to skimboard with minimal success. His own mastery of the sport improved 100 times just today\u2026 By the end of the day he was skimming and.. he made it look easy.<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>When we were tired of skimming, Gabe and I headed out into the frigid water to dodge the waves. Gabe had to keep reminding me that I loved<span style=\"\">&nbsp; <\/span>cold water\u2026 my teeth were chattering after about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407098.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>We were freezing as we drove back to the hotel. I had to stand in the hot shower for 10 minutes to chase the chill. The boys went out for an explore while Diane and I got dressed for the IBM CTRE dinner<span style=\"\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>\u2026 The dinner was out by the pool and very casual, As always with these things, I saw many, many folks that I know from all over the company. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/may07\/May1407133.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Many folks came by to talk about Sam and tell us where they&#8217;d put their SamStones. I have to admit that I wasn&#8217;t feeling very social tonight.. I didn&#8217;t run around talking to everyone. I was content to stand pretty still and see who came by. We didn&#8217;t eat or drink much.. and drifted back up to the room around 10. The guys were here half asleep and watching TV.. they looked pretty peaceful.. Now it&#8217;s time for us all to get some sleep.. I&#8217;ll give more details of the meeting tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">G&#8217;nite everyone.. g&#8217;nite Sam..<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">-me<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long, long day.. we finished packing about 2 AM last night which gave us 3 hours of sleep before we had to wake up for our plane. Scott graciously offered to drive us to the airport.. none of us were too wide awake.. &nbsp;&nbsp; The flight from Burlington to Chicago was uneventful.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was good &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/05\/15\/monday-night-cold-water\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday night &#8211; cold water<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}