{"id":298,"date":"2009-01-11T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/01\/the-bra.html"},"modified":"2009-01-11T06:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-11T06:20:00","slug":"the-bra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/01\/the-bra\/","title":{"rendered":"The &quot;Bra&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/SWmQxvyen5I\/AAAAAAAAZ5k\/PFaN3VC8mb0\/s1600-h\/DSCN0125%5B1%5D\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289918421639536530\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/SWmQxvyen5I\/AAAAAAAAZ5k\/PFaN3VC8mb0\/s320\/DSCN0125%5B1%5D\" style=\"cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;\" \/><\/a>This is &#8220;The Bra&#8221;, the nickname for the tent covering the central patio in our base&#8217;s living area.  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The climate is great this time of year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is &#8220;The Bra&#8221;, the nickname for the tent covering the central patio in our base&#8217;s living area. I don&#8217;t think I need to explain any more. The base gym, BX, finance office, library, media center and WiFi hotspot (with which I can do these blog posts) all are near here. 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Hopefully my jet lag is mostly cured from that. All of our souvenirs made it home unscathed, including 3 glass mugs, a bottle of \"salt mine\" gin, and a 6-pack of 0.5L beer for our dog sitters. 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