{"id":3201,"date":"2016-04-30T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T14:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/?p=3201"},"modified":"2016-04-30T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T14:38:23","slug":"spring-break-in-squamish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2016\/04\/30\/spring-break-in-squamish\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break in Squamish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3208 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam01.jpg\" alt=\"squam01\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam01.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam01-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam01-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We spent a sunny spring break in Squamish with my sister Salom\u00e9 and her beautiful family. I was anticipating some low-key visit where I could finish my theory of computation course (which I did) and read peacefully (which I did), but we did so much more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3209 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam02.jpg\" alt=\"squam02\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam02.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam02-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam02-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sea-to-Sky Gondola &#8211; Howe Sound &#8211; Sky Pilot Mountain &#8211; Raising glasses with brother-in-law Brad<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3210 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam03.jpg\" alt=\"squam03\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam03.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam03-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam03-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Howe Sound Brewery &#8211; home brew tasting with family\u00a0and friends &#8211; tap takeover with B.C. brews &#8211; in all 24 BC brews (mostly new)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3211 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam04.jpg\" alt=\"squam04\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam04.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam04-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam04-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being Uncle Zaak &#8211; twin nephews &#8211; sister Salom\u00e9 &#8211; afternoon trip to Whistler for a movie and views &#8211; walking the Smoke Bluff Trails &#8211; SuperKai &#8211; Aussie cousins and second cousins &#8211; strolling around Squamish &#8211; Sticky&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3212 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam05.jpg\" alt=\"squam05\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam05.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam05-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam05-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this day at Whytecliff Park in Horseshoe Bay<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3213 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam06.jpg\" alt=\"squam06\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam06.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam06-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam06-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Serene &#8211; Wild &#8211; Fresh<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3214 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam07.jpg\" alt=\"squam07\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam07.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam07-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam07-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Salom\u00e9 the birthday cake maker &#8211; Acadia gets a cake &#8211; I get a cake &#8211; jaw dropping<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3215 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam08.jpg\" alt=\"squam08\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam08.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam08-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam08-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>West Coast Railway Heritage Park &#8211; brilliant hands on exhibits<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3216 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam09.jpg\" alt=\"squam09\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam09.jpg 500w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam09-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/squam09-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finished with a day at the\u00a0Vancouver Aquarium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent a sunny spring break in Squamish with my sister Salom\u00e9 and her beautiful family. I was anticipating some low-key visit where I could finish my theory of computation course (which I did) and read peacefully (which I did), but we did so much more. Sea-to-Sky Gondola &#8211; Howe Sound &#8211; Sky Pilot Mountain &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/2016\/04\/30\/spring-break-in-squamish\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,10,12,15,20,28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-admin","4":"post-3201","6":"format-standard","7":"has-post-thumbnail","8":"category-beer","9":"category-canadiana","10":"category-family","11":"category-film","12":"category-food","13":"category-nature","14":"category-technology","15":"category-travel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3217,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions\/3217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zaakistan.com\/dir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}