{"id":831,"date":"2010-08-13T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T23:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2010-08-13T15:24:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T23:24:18","slug":"mom-and-charles-came-to-say-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Mom and Charles Came to Say Hello!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-839\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=839\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-839 aligncenter\" title=\"IMG_2658\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weekends ago Mom and Charles came out to the northwest neck of the woods for a few days.\u00a0 It was great to see them, since they live so very far away.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been really lucky to have seen lots of family this summer, and to show them many of the wonderful things we love about living in Washington.\u00a0 The thing we wanted to do most with them was take a hike.\u00a0 As you know, Tom and I love to hike, and to explore the wild places around our beautiful state, and we really wanted to share this with them.\u00a0 We headed up to Mason Lake, which is on the Ira Spring Memorial Trail out in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.\u00a0 It was cloudy and cool in Seattle that day, but after we were hiking for a while, we got above the clouds and into the sunshine.\u00a0 The weather warmed up and Tom and Charles even took a swim\u00a0in the\u00a0lake!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-832\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-832\" title=\"IMG_2620\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2620-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2620-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2620-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2620.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-835\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=835\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-835\" title=\"IMG_2645\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2645-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2645-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2645-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2645.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-834\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-834\" title=\"IMG_2642\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2642-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2642-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2642-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2642.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-836\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=836\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-836\" title=\"IMG_2649\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2649-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2649-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2649-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2649.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another highlight of their trip was venturing into Seattle, and visiting the Olympic Sculpture Park for a picnic,\u00a0 as well as Pike Place Market.\u00a0 We packed a great lunch and were able to &#8220;use&#8221; some of the art as our picnic table.\u00a0 (Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s allowed.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-837\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=837\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-837\" title=\"IMG_2655\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2655-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2655-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2655-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2655.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-840\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=840\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-840\" title=\"IMG_2666\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2666-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2666-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2666-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2666.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-838\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=838\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-838\" title=\"IMG_2657\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2657-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2657-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2657-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2657.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-842\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=842\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-842\" title=\"IMG_2675\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2675-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2675-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2675-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-841\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?attachment_id=841\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-841\" title=\"IMG_2670\" src=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2670-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2670-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2670-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_2670.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom\u00a0also prepared a wonderful dinner, which we shared with friends.\u00a0 It&#8217;s great to\u00a0have our house filled with our friends and family, it&#8217;s one of our favorite things of all.We had a great time with Mom and Charles\u00a0on their visit!\u00a0 We hope to get them back out here soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Two weekends ago Mom and Charles came out to the northwest neck of the woods for a few days.\u00a0 It was great to see&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/amyalphin.com\/?p=831\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mom and Charles Came to Say 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