{"id":776,"date":"2013-12-17T21:47:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T04:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/?p=776"},"modified":"2013-12-17T21:47:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T04:47:16","slug":"weekend-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/weekend-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend getaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I know. We are on a permanent vacation. But sometimes, you need a break from even that.<\/p>\n<p>Tawn has been wanting to learn to Kite board for a few years and even took some basic lessons last year in Seattle. And about 6 months before we left a co-worker of mine sold us his kite boarding gear; A number of kites, boards and a harness. (did I use that semi colon correctly?)<\/p>\n<p>As it just so happens, we are 30 miles from one of the premire kiteboarding spots on this planet. So we grabbed our packs and all the kiteboarding gear and took a bus over the La Ventana!<\/p>\n<p>What an awesome town! Pretty much the entire town is geared towards kiteboarding or wind surfing. <\/p>\n<p>Tawn found us a place to stay in town and before I go any further. I gotta give this place and it&#8217;s owners some serious praise. If you find yourself in La Ventana and looking for a place to stay, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downwinderinn.com\" title=\"DownWinder Inn\">The DownWinder Inn<\/a> (http:\/\/www.downwinderinn.com).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chickenbone\/11429342815\/\" title=\"DSC_0433[1] by Chknbone, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5499\/11429342815_9bb62928a9_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" alt=\"DSC_0433[1]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the out door shared kitchen area, Tawn is cooking up some awesome bfast burritos with chorizo y papas.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chickenbone\/11429358075\/\" title=\"DSC_0435[1] by Chknbone, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3722\/11429358075_985b1c1b5e_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" alt=\"DSC_0435[1]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Super nice people that run\/own the place and they have a couple trucks they will loan you while you stay there.<\/p>\n<p>We drove around to the couple different places looking for training classes for Tawn and settled on a place called Baja Joes. The kiteboarding school there is called Elevation.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, she had a blast and is totally hooked.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chickenbone\/11429657593\/\" title=\"DSC_0436[1] by Chknbone, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3834\/11429657593_f9a1eda2f3_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" alt=\"DSC_0436[1]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Geared up and ready to go. They give you a ride up wind and you kite downwind.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chickenbone\/11429666493\/\" title=\"DSC_0424[1] by Chknbone, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5491\/11429666493_8dae0d60a6_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" alt=\"DSC_0424[1]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is for Tawn&#8217;s Mom. She made it back alive Beth! :)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chickenbone\/11429525336\/\" title=\"DSC_0432[1] by Chknbone, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7442\/11429525336_cf1c8d5aa1_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" alt=\"DSC_0432[1]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I could not get any pictures of her out on the water. She was too far away and our zoom lens is not zoomy enough. But trust me when i say, one of the kites below is her:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chickenbone\/11429553254\/\" title=\"DSC_0445[1] by Chknbone, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3820\/11429553254_a4a181204f_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" alt=\"DSC_0445[1]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/weekend-getaway\/\" style=\"background-image: url(http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5499\/11429342815_9bb62928a9_c.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5499\/11429342815_9bb62928a9_c.jpg<\/a><p>I know, I know. We are on a permanent vacation. But sometimes, you need a break from even that. Tawn has been wanting to learn to Kite board for a few years and even took some basic lessons last year &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/weekend-getaway\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-weekend-trips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":778,"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions\/778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/palarran.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}