{"id":123,"date":"2009-05-29T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2009-05-29T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T18:03:00","slug":"the-connecticut-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":">The Connecticut River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><\/p>\n<p>Some sights along the Connecticut River, where we\u2019ve sailed for over 30 years.&#160; It\u2019s a bucolic area, so lush after the sandy, somewhat barren look of the outer end of Long Island.&#160; There is an osprey on the nest in the second photo.&#160; I might crop it when I get home so you can see her better.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/SiF1X9U1VMI\/AAAAAAAAA9k\/agc5vAehr0Y\/s1600-h\/Memorial%20day%20cruise%202009%20087%5B4%5D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Memorial day cruise 2009 087\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; 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