{"id":3279,"date":"2014-12-05T15:18:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T22:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:11:38","slug":"hanging-out-in-west-palm-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=3279","title":{"rendered":"Hanging out in West Palm Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We ended up staying in West Palm for just over 2 weeks waiting for a weather window to the Bahamas. To cross the Gulf Stream you don&#8217;t want Northerly winds so we patiently waited. Not to worry, there was plenty to do in the area including lots of great activities put on by the city and bars and restaurants, which kept us entertained.<\/p>\n<p>There was a celebration for the lighting of a 600 tonne sand sculpture in the form of a Christmas tree. Yes can&#8217;t believe its that time of the\u00a0year again.\u00a0It was amazing watching them create the tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070578.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070578.jpg\" alt=\"P1070578\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070578.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070578-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Streets were closed down, tents erected selling all sorts and bands playing on a stage erected in the street. Great turnout of people and the tree looked amazing once it was all lit up. The Palm trees were all decorated, so festive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070604.jpg\" alt=\"P1070604\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070604.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070604-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070604-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070599.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070599.jpg\" alt=\"P1070599\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070599.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070599-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070599-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3290\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070585.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3290\" class=\"wp-image-3290 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070585.jpg\" alt=\"P1070585\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070585.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070585-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070585-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free concert with 3 great bands<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were other creative sculptures placed along the waterfront.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070573.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070573.jpg\" alt=\"P1070573\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070573.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070573-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070584.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3289\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070584.jpg\" alt=\"P1070584\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070584.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070584-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070584-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3286\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070576.jpg\" alt=\"P1070576\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070576.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070576-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070576-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070579.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070579.jpg\" alt=\"P1070579\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070579.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070579-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/P1070579-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Looks like our weather window is here so we are off with all the other boats that have been waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We ended up staying in West Palm for just over 2 weeks waiting for a weather window to the Bahamas. To cross the Gulf Stream you don&#8217;t want Northerly winds so we patiently waited. Not to worry, there was plenty &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=3279\">Continue reading <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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[153,125],"class_list":["post-3279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-usa","tag-sandi-land","tag-west-palm-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3293,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions\/3293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}