{"id":298,"date":"2009-06-25T18:56:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T00:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/?p=298"},"modified":"2012-08-08T13:44:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T19:44:49","slug":"speights-coast-to-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"Speights Coast to Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In February there was a multi-sport competition called the Speights Coast to Coast where competitors literally go from the west coast of the south island to the east coast. The finish line was down at Sumner beach. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-2980.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-2980.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Will enjoying his perch. Decked out in his favourite hat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-2981.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-2981.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And Jackson sporting his tourist hat as well. We are surprised how many Kiwi do not wear hats. With the almost non-existent ozone layer and the intense UV rays,  we thought hats would be much more popular.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-2979.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-2979.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finish line anticipation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-2982.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-2982.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-2983.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-2983.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back to the cave rock with the mast on top.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-3016.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-3016.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking and joking around on our way home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-3017.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-3017.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-3020.jpg\" alt=\"dsc-3020.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We will miss the lifestyle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In February there was a multi-sport competition called the Speights Coast to Coast where competitors literally go from the west coast of the south island to the east coast. The finish line was down at Sumner beach. Will enjoying his perch. Decked out in his favourite hat. And Jackson sporting his tourist hat as well. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/?p=298\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speights Coast to Coast<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebirds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}