{"id":2495,"date":"2016-08-08T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/08\/08\/fun-with-friends\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T19:54:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T17:54:45","slug":"fun-with-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/08\/08\/fun-with-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"FUN WITH FRIENDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out, when I am selecting photos from vacation, that I tend to take all the ones with people in them. Even though I appreciate photos of the places we&#8217;ve been and the things we&#8217;ve seen, the ones that get me, that contain the things I most want to remember, are the ones with the people we were with in them. You can find fantastic photos of the Statue of Liberty and New York and Boston anywhere online, but if you want to see what I love, then here you go. Three posts coming up full of smiling faces \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/371197_original.jpg\" alt=\"eks_liberty.jpg\" title=\"eks_liberty.jpg\"><br \/>\nEks in America!<\/p>\n<p><!--more More shiny happy people--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/372672_900.jpg\" width=500 border=0 height=387 title=\"Kathey &#038; Liz\"  align=\"Middle\"><br \/>\nLiz and Kathey hanging out in Boston Common<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/374079_original.jpg\" alt=\"tom_kathey_anders.jpg\" title=\"tom_kathey_anders.jpg\"><br \/>\nMuch mountainbiking was involved: Tom, Kathey &#038; Anders<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/373826_original.jpg\" alt=\"russell_kathey_karin_anders.jpg\" title=\"russell_kathey_karin_anders.jpg\"><br \/>\nWalking on the High Line in NYC<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/373654_original.jpg\" alt=\"mk_picnic.jpg\" title=\"mk_picnic.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe kids celebrating America&#8217;s birthday!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/373312_original.jpg\" alt=\"martin_sarah_kathey_liz_bryce.jpg\" title=\"martin_sarah_kathey_liz_bryce.jpg\"><br \/>\nRest stop after the Liberty cruise<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/373067_original.jpg\" alt=\"martin_danely_bryce.jpg\" title=\"martin_danely_bryce.jpg\"><br \/>\nMartin with Danely &#038; Bryce at the 4th of July picnic<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/372767_original.jpg\" alt=\"martin.jpg\" title=\"martin.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/372382_original.jpg\" alt=\"liberty_group.jpg\" title=\"liberty_group.jpg\"><br \/>\nLiberty groupie!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/372109_original.jpg\" alt=\"kathey_russell_sushi.jpg\" title=\"kathey_russell_sushi.jpg\"><br \/>\nKathey and Russell with sushi lunch from&#8230;Chinatown<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/371950_original.jpg\" alt=\"kathey_liz.jpg\" title=\"kathey_liz.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/371463_original.jpg\" alt=\"karin_sarah.jpg\" title=\"karin_sarah.jpg\"><br \/>\nKarin and Sarah at Mark Twain&#8217;s House<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/371253_original.jpg\" alt=\"julie_benny_group_mtbaldy.jpg\" title=\"julie_benny_group_mtbaldy.jpg\"><br \/>\nAt the (almost) top of Mt. Baldy on the shores of Lake Michigan with Julie &#038; Benny<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/370911_original.jpg\" alt=\"connecticut_groupshot.jpg\" title=\"connecticut_groupshot.jpg\"><br \/>\nA fun group to spend time sightseeing with!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/370475_original.jpg\" alt=\"bryce_boat.jpg\" title=\"bryce_boat.jpg\"><br \/>\nBryce on the Liberty cruise boat<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/370338_original.jpg\" alt=\"anders_mk.jpg\" title=\"anders_mk.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnders and the kids in the Old North Church<\/p>\n<p><b>Places visited:<\/b> Boston, New York City, Hartford, Onekama<\/p>\n<p>To see really great photos of the places we went, see <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/martin.ek.5243\/media_set?set=a.1118651711534829.1073741833.100001700334951&#038;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin&#8217;s Facebook Photo Album<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Photo credits:<\/b> Elizabeth Slaughter-Ek, Tom Fletcher, Bryce Fletcher, Russell Gilbert, Kathey Carreiro, Martin Ek, Julie Bensinger, Anders Ek (copyright 2016)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out, when I am selecting photos from vacation, that I tend to take all the ones with people in them. 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