{"id":46488,"date":"2020-07-13T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/summer-fun-at-lake-meridian-in-kent-photos\/"},"modified":"2020-07-13T17:18:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T00:18:28","slug":"summer-fun-at-lake-meridian-in-kent-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/summer-fun-at-lake-meridian-in-kent-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer fun at Lake Meridian in Kent | Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People took advantage of the warm summer weather Monday at <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/YLeWmhTiQyRGPG6b8\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lake Meridian Park in Kent <\/a>by swimming, fishing, boating, water skiing, paddleboarding or simply sunbathing. And most were social distancing.<\/p>\n<p>The temperature hit the mid 70s on Monday and should stay in the 70s and low 80s all week, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Kent took away lifeguards this summer at the Lake Meridian beach because of budget cutbacks due to COVID-19. But that didn&rsquo;t stop people from diving off the dock and swimming in the marked-off area.<\/p>\n<p>Others spent the afternoon fishing from the dock hoping to catch bass, trout or one of the other species in the lake. By mid-afternoon on Monday, people were lining up for a place to park their vehicles until other drivers left. The park is at 14800 SE 272nd St.<\/p>\n<p>Parents also brought their children to the popular playground, that includes a merry-go-round known as The Apollo, built by Canadian-based Dynamo Industries. It features steel-reinforced soft nylon ropes that provide plenty of places for children to hang onto as it spins.<\/p>\n<p>Only a few people wore face coverings in the outdoor setting, but most people were social distancing at 6 feet apart. The shelter at the park remains closed with King County in Phase 2, which limits group gatherings. Restrooms and the boat launch are open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming, boating, fishing, water skiing as people social distance <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":46489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-46488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46488"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=46488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}