{"id":120,"date":"2010-08-04T07:26:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T07:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=120"},"modified":"2010-09-02T10:10:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T10:10:03","slug":"local-indoor-skating-rinks-a-heat-busting-day-trip-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Local Indoor Skating Rinks: A Heat-Busting Day Trip Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_121\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 150px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/P1100081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-121\" title=\"Summer ice skating\" src=\"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/P1100081-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summer ice skating at the Norfolk Arena, Norfolk, Mass. (photo by Eric H.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The heat this summer has been virtually unbearable in many parts of New England, \u00a0so what to do beside the two obvious choices of going to the beach or spending time in an air-conditioned mall?<\/p>\n<p>Well, an underrated local activity is skating! \u00a0Think of it: indoor skating rinks are \u00a0naturally air-conditioned, you get some good exercise in, and the price is usually quite low. We skate at the Norfolk Arena in Norfolk, Mass., where &#8220;free skate&#8221; time (1 p.m.-2:50 p.m., at this writing) is only $5.00 per person.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be covering other great choices like visiting museums and public libraries in upcoming posts, but for now we felt compelled to relay this &#8220;cool&#8221; summertime idea to you, in the name of escaping the heat. \u00a0So, go ahead, check out your local skating rink for times and prices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The heat this summer has been virtually unbearable in many parts of New England, \u00a0so what to do beside the two obvious choices of going to the beach or spending time in an air-conditioned mall? Well, an underrated local activity is skating! \u00a0Think of it: indoor skating rinks are \u00a0naturally air-conditioned, you get some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[275,271,1],"tags":[68,67,69,66],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}