{"id":2343,"date":"2025-09-27T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2343-lonely-dolphin.html"},"modified":"2025-09-27T14:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:48:56","slug":"lonely-dolphin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2343-lonely-dolphin.html","title":{"rendered":"Lonely Dolphin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:3012 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/132-20250923_175757-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nI finally got back out on the water in Adelaide after a long hiatus. I\u2019m looking forward with both anticipation and dread to my first dive in the gulf since the algal bloom extended its toxic grip.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhile out beyond West Beach, I encountered a small pod of dolphins. One showed off by breaching with delight, another circled my boat and eyed me intently, while a more solitary dolphin kept its distance until I left.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI hope seeing them is a sign of healthier times ahead.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#Adelaide #westbeach #ocean #dolphin #lonely #sea #calm<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got back out on the water in Adelaide after a long hiatus. I\u2019m looking forward with both anticipation and dread to my first dive in the gulf since the algal bloom extended its toxic grip. While out beyond West Beach, I encountered a small pod of dolphins. One showed off by breaching with &#8230; <a title=\"Lonely Dolphin\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2343-lonely-dolphin.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Lonely Dolphin\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}