{"id":666,"date":"2010-02-06T14:59:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=666"},"modified":"2010-02-06T14:59:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T18:59:10","slug":"walking-on-thick-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/walking-on-thick-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking on thick ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-665\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010-02-06-plum\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-06-plum.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,338\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2010-02-06\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Making a landing on the island&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-06-plum.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-06-plum.jpg\" alt=\"Making landfal\" title=\"2010-02-06\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-06-plum.jpg 450w, https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-06-plum-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Making  landfall on the island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Across from the tidal inlet near our house is a small island which is a symbolic destination for us, depending on the time of year.  We celebrate spring, and the ice breaking up, by canoeing to it.  In winter, if the ice is thick enough, we walk or skate to it.  Today the ice was over 6 inches thick, the required minimum, and we walked there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across from the tidal inlet near our house is a small island which is a symbolic destination for us, depending on the time of year. We celebrate spring, and the ice breaking up, by canoeing to it. In winter, if the ice is thick enough, we walk or skate to it. Today the ice was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/walking-on-thick-ice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walking on thick ice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,21,20],"tags":[691,190,690,308],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-ice","category-ocean","tag-ice","tag-islands","tag-ocean","tag-walking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Walking on thick ice - Nova Scotia Photo Album Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/walking-on-thick-ice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Walking on thick ice - Nova Scotia Photo Album Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Across from the tidal inlet near our house is a small island which is a symbolic destination for us, depending on the time of year. 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