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Exploring

Touring Seattle

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, September 29, 2019
One thing Job wanted to do before shipping out for the Coast Guard was to tour Seattle, particularly the Space Needle.  I had tried when he was younger to get him to agree to go up it but he wasn't having any of that. And so we lived in Washington 18 years, near Seattle even, before we ever took in this "touristy" icon....

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Exploring

A date: Marine Park

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, September 03, 2019
There is this little piece of land that juts out into the water just south of Marine Park. We've talked before of having a picnic out here and watching the sun set over the islands in the sound.  Instead of a picnic we walked along side the tracks to make our way to this secluded spot. We had been so busy lately and...

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Sports

Labor Day: Wakeboarding

By Leslie Parks - Monday, September 02, 2019
The boat sat low in the water, quiet, rocking back and forth as the tiny waves lapped at it's side. Suddenly it lurched as a body went over the back into the water. There was an intake of breath as her head popped back up and her body took in the cold of the lake. In the PNW, the water doesn't quiet warm...

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