{"id":5716,"date":"2015-06-29T08:43:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T12:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2015-06-29T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T12:43:37","slug":"take-5-kayak-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-kayak-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Kayak Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing beats exploring our local waterways by kayak. These quiet crafts keep you close to the water, providing incredible views of nature. Photographers from past editions of our Photo Contest<\/a> have captured the fun of these excursions. Browse our kayak trips<\/a> for all experience levels and explore a new waterway today.<\/p>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Anthony Monteiro<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Robert Watroba<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Laura Gingerich<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Angela Bartlet<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012

2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Denise Kergo<\/p><\/div>\n

Want to send us your best shot? Enter our 2015 Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing beats exploring our local waterways by kayak. These quiet crafts keep you close to the water, providing incredible views of nature. Photographers from past editions of our Photo Contest have captured the fun of these excursions. Browse our kayak trips for all experience levels and explore a new waterway today. Want to send us […]<\/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-5716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1uc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":5716,"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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