{"id":130,"date":"2010-02-14T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5265.temp.domains\/~brucewi2\/photos\/2010\/02\/14\/st-thomas-2010\/"},"modified":"2019-09-02T21:51:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T21:51:38","slug":"st-thomas-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/st-thomas-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"St Thomas 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">The green eyed monster made another appearance, on his way back from the M* states (MT, MN, MI) to NJ.&#160;&#160; This is Zach making sure his nose is not too close to the monster.&#160; For fear of it passing gas, you want to keep the offending orifice at least an arms length away:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gxo_68t3I\/AAAAAAAAFJA\/N8lktQC_6Gc\/s1600-h\/DSCN3934%5B9%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN3934\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN3934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN3934_thumb5B35D.jpg?resize=354%2C254\" width=\"354\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"left\">Unfortunately, I was not aware of this rule.&#160; This is the beast making sure his human slave packs the car correctly.&#160; I was an convenient ladder to the window:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gxp1afwAI\/AAAAAAAAFJI\/6aidaUycIgs\/s1600-h\/DSCN3942%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN3942\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN3942\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN3942_thumb5B15D.jpg?resize=353%2C266\" width=\"353\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I got a new chair.&#160;&#160; I replace Nick\u2019s old $500 ultimate office chair with a $20 ball chair.&#160; It enforces good posture, and encourages me not to sit still for too long.&#160; If you ever video skype me, you will likely see a bobbing head.&#160; Helen saw the bouncing Bruce having so much fun, she got one also. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gxroKYFQI\/AAAAAAAAFJQ\/7Ac4y0ZBZNI\/s1600-h\/DSCN3948%5B7%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN3948\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN3948\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN3948_thumb5B55D.jpg?resize=354%2C266\" width=\"354\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Se spent 10 days in St Thomas.&#160;&#160; I went from maximum 6 layer Syracuse insulation mode:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gxs6HdHQI\/AAAAAAAAFJY\/BwRti9bwnaM\/s1600-h\/DSCN3892%5B8%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; 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A lot.&#160; We read in the sun:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gxvpW_egI\/AAAAAAAAFJo\/68Ew1n6At3M\/s1600-h\/DSCN3969%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN3969\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN3969\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN3969_thumb5B15D.jpg?resize=354%2C237\" width=\"354\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We read in the shade: <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gxw_JLNFI\/AAAAAAAAFJw\/_59Tzn9iNQA\/s1600-h\/DSCN4001%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN4001\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN4001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN4001_thumb5B15D.jpg?resize=353%2C266\" width=\"353\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We read in the water:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gxytMKI8I\/AAAAAAAAFJ4\/AMQnQ-cJsXE\/s1600-h\/DSCN4003%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN4003\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN4003\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN4003_thumb5B15D.jpg?resize=354%2C237\" width=\"354\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And some of us sillier ones read in our sleep:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gx0E7UZQI\/AAAAAAAAFKA\/38S3EcaBJwk\/s1600-h\/DSCN4044%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN4044\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN4044\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN4044_thumb5B15D.jpg?resize=353%2C266\" width=\"353\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And we swam.&#160; A lot.&#160; I practice my newly acquired crawl, swimming the circumference of the bay 5 -&gt; 10 times a day: <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gx1S2YyGI\/AAAAAAAAFKM\/GbdrbxPYYSo\/s1600-h\/DSCN4045%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN4045\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN4045\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN4045_thumb5B15D.jpg?resize=354%2C237\" width=\"354\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">In addition to the pretty fish, we saw a bunch of turtles, a couple of sting rays, and a couple of 4 foot barracudas.&#160;&#160; Probably the same barracuda \u2026 we didn\u2019t ask him what his name was.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Helen found, fed, and fhotographed a real green eyed monster:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gx2gAn9sI\/AAAAAAAAFKU\/EyFfByJ5Rkk\/s1600-h\/DSCN3965%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; 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Me and my dry eyes were too terrified to remember who won:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gx4wuQ6rI\/AAAAAAAAFKk\/eVauwU9HIwM\/s1600-h\/DSCN4029%5B2%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSCN4029\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN4029\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/~brucewi2\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DSCN4029_thumb.jpg?resize=353%2C266\" width=\"353\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This is Aya teaching Omarie how to juggle:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\">&#160;&#160; <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_B-OuqrHac60\/S3gx6FeaQJI\/AAAAAAAAFKs\/UjCwqLcXNns\/s1600-h\/DSCN4063%5B5%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; 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