{"id":648,"date":"2011-07-17T07:20:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T14:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2013-01-19T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T22:13:52","slug":"here-comes-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/?p=648","title":{"rendered":"Here comes the sun&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a few days at Karon Beach we packed up our stuff to move down the coast a little to our last stop on this trip &#8211; Kata Beach. \u00c2\u00a0We were hoping for a weather change from the rain and overcast skies we were seeing our first few days in the south and along with our move we got a nice change in the weather.<\/p>\n<p>The day we moved the skies were still a little cloudy, but they did not turn into they heavy dark rain clouds we had been seeing, and we enjoyed a nice light day getting settled in, walked down to see the beach, and hung out by the pool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110716-031342-1280R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-653\" title=\"20110716-031342-1280R\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110716-031342-1280R-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110716-031342-1280R-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110716-031342-1280R-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110716-031342-1280R-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110716-031342-1280R.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004848-1280R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-654\" title=\"20110717-004848-1280R\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004848-1280R-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004848-1280R-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004848-1280R-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004848-1280R-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004848-1280R.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now into our first full day here and today and the next few days are forecast to be clear and sunny &#8211; 0% chance of rain!! \u00c2\u00a0We decided this would be a beach day, so after lazing about a bit in the morning we wandered down to claim a small section of the sands.<\/p>\n<p>Russ decided that he would like to try surfing, so he found a place that rented boards and gave lessons so he signed up to tackle some waves. \u00c2\u00a0Brooklyn and I took turns guarding our turf and watching Russ take to the waves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-003720-1280R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-649\" title=\"20110717-003720-1280R\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-003720-1280R-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-003720-1280R-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-003720-1280R-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-003720-1280R-397x600.jpg 397w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-003720-1280R.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004534-1280R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-650\" title=\"20110717-004534-1280R\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004534-1280R-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004534-1280R-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004534-1280R-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004534-1280R-397x600.jpg 397w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-004534-1280R.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-010006-1280R1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-652\" title=\"20110717-010006-1280R\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-010006-1280R1-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-010006-1280R1-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-010006-1280R1-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-010006-1280R1-397x600.jpg 397w, https:\/\/lifeisahighway.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/20110717-010006-1280R1.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent the full day at the beach so by the time we got the salt and sand all washed away and went out for dinner everyone seems ready for bed.<\/p>\n<p>PS: I may not post a lot of photos from here as it seems that their internet connection must be based on 2 tin cans and a length of string&#8230;&#8230; 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