{"id":22933,"date":"2026-05-04T14:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/?p=22933"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:33:26","slug":"pochuck-boardwalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2026\/05\/pochuck-boardwalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochuck Boardwalk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"22934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2026\/05\/pochuck-boardwalk\/img_4271\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4271-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4271\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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