A very close friend of mine from high school got married on July 5th at Lake Pend Oreille (near Sandpoint, ID) so we drove there on the 4th for a weekend of camping and wedding fun. We had 3 boats full of people out on the water to watch the Hope, ID fireworks. The weather was perfect...not a whisper of wind. Here is Rian's picture of the "world's best 4th of July plate". He told me he'd already eaten the burger and baked beans on the first trip through the line...
They had a small ceremony in a little church in the woods and then back to their lakefront cabin for an outdoor reception. It was so fun and the weather was beautiful all weekend. And, I got to see other close friends from high school that I never get to spend time with.
We spent our last few days in Seattle playing "tourists". We stayed at the Edgewater Inn, right on the waterfront. We ended up getting the exact same room as last year, which was perfect. There are worse places to be than sitting on the balcony watching the ferries and sailboats go by, with Mt Rainier on the horizon. The Alaska cruise ships were literally right outside our room!
We took a 2 hour Argosy Lakes Cruise one day and finally did the Underground Tour of Seattle. It's fun spending time doing the things you never do when you live there.
The weather was absolutely beautiful all 4 days we were there. I can honestly say there might not be a more beautiful place than Seattle on a sunny day.
Now we're back home and Rian is counting down the days before he has to report for training camp (7 left!). This time of year is always feels like summer is over. It may as well be fall for us since football season is right around the corner. This is about the time that I start getting excited for football games. After 7 1/2 months of travel and leisure, it's always nice to be grounded for awhile...
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