{"id":4368,"date":"2014-11-17T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2014-11-17T09:50:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:50:24","slug":"take-5-beautiful-boardwalks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-beautiful-boardwalks\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Beautiful Boardwalks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boardwalks are a favorite subject of our Photo Contest<\/a> entrants. It’s not surprising\u2014these special trails let us safely explore challenging habitats such as salt marshes, and their parallel lines are pleasing to the eye. Here are some of our favorite boardwalk captures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"2012

2012 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Rachel Bellenoit<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Pete Sutton<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2011

2011 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Scott Kadlec<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2011

2011 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Michael Neufeld<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Scott Bump<\/p><\/div>\n

Check back soon for the results of our\u00a02014 Photo Contest!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boardwalks are a favorite subject of our Photo Contest entrants. It’s not surprising\u2014these special trails let us safely explore challenging habitats such as salt marshes, and their parallel lines are pleasing to the eye. Here are some of our favorite boardwalk captures. Check back soon for the results of our\u00a02014 Photo Contest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-18s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4368,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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