{"id":3440,"date":"2016-05-30T16:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T20:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2016-05-30T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T21:16:19","slug":"holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/?p=3440","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning my rain gauge showed 2 \u00bd inches of overnight rainfall. Despite that, with Memorial Day here, we\u2019ve officially begun our high season for tourism. The rain from Tropical Depression\u00a0Bonnie, will likely continue off and on over the next few days. Today is a washout, but yesterday was gorgeous with pleasant ocean breezes. We peddled bikes to the Rodanthe Pier to check things out before the downpour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/East.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3443\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/East.jpg\" alt=\"East\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/East.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/East-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Out on the pier, folks were enjoying the sunny sea breeze.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/South.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3441\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/South.jpg\" alt=\"South\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/South.jpg 450w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/South-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Looking south, it didn&#8217;t look like a typical Memorial Day Weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/North.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3442\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/North.jpg\" alt=\"North\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/North.jpg 450w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/North-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0With rain in the forecast, beach goers weren&#8217;t packed in as they&#8217;d normally be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/End.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3444\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/End.jpg\" alt=\"End\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/End.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/End-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>The end of the pier isn&#8217;t out nearly as far as it used to be. It&#8217;s been destroyed continuously by storms and rebuilt multiple times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/West.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3445\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/West.jpg\" alt=\"West\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/West.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/West-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>In the Summer, there&#8217;s nothing like hanging out at the pier. Many of the same people return year after year, building memories along the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/NW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3446\" src=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/NW.jpg\" alt=\"NW\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/NW.jpg 600w, http:\/\/photoblog.michaelhalminski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/NW-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>I noticed the dramatic sky shaping up, courtesy of Tropical Depression Bonnie. The clouds are\u00a0always beautiful, yet at the same time so ominous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning my rain gauge showed 2 \u00bd inches of overnight rainfall. Despite that, with Memorial Day here, we\u2019ve officially begun our high season for tourism. The rain from Tropical Depression\u00a0Bonnie, will likely continue off and on over the next few days. Today is a washout, but yesterday was gorgeous with pleasant ocean breezes. 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