{"id":438,"date":"2016-07-11T23:04:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T23:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2016-07-13T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T16:05:06","slug":"kate-visits-for-july-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/11\/kate-visits-for-july-4th\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate visits for July 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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View of fireworks from Alice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve been very fortunate as Kate visited us for July 4th weekend and\u00a0we enjoyed spending \u00a0another week or so with her.\u00a0 Even though the weather wasn’t as nice as last year, we still had a great time enjoying a baseball game as well as the festivities and fireworks for Independence Day.<\/p>\n

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Crowds gathering at Gas Works Park for the fireworks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We braved the cooler, cloudy weather and went for multiple paddles.\u00a0\u00a0Kate was very proficient on the\u00a0kayak and\u00a0as always I truly appreciate being able to get out on the water with a backdrop as pretty as the city of Seattle.<\/p>\n

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A contrast of American flag on “Alice” and Aussie shirt on the “KatieG”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also took out the KatieG to explore a little further afield, including checking in on the “Mad Max” barge that we bought in order to build the new houseboat.\u00a0 We’re still waiting on\u00a0a drydock opening so we can move it in and destroy it and in the meantime it’s very important that it remains safely floating\u00a0in its mooring.<\/p>\n

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Picking blackberries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I introduced Kate to stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) and\u00a0she put this new skill to good use by picking blackberries from the bushes near the dock. Then she practiced doing runs up and back in front of “Alice” and out to the lake.<\/p>\n

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Kate with “Alice” and “KatieG” in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kate amongst the roses in Portland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kate hadn’t visited Portland before so we made an overnight trip and had a great time, staying at the historic Benson hotel and visiting the local hotspots including the International Rose Test Garden, the Japanese Garden, the food truck area and the Willamette River waterfront.\u00a0 Of course we also had to stop in at Voodoo donuts to bring home some samples including two “Voodoo Men”.<\/p>\n

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Kate not too happy at being on top of the Astoria Column \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"AstoriaColumn\"<\/a>On the way back we called into Astoria – an historic logging town on the Columbia River that I enjoy a lot.\u00a0 We climbed up the Astoria Column and had lunch at Coffee Girl on Pier 39.<\/p>\n

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We enjoyed our time so much we hope Kate can make it back next year and bring Adam with her!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve been very fortunate as Kate visited us for July 4th weekend and\u00a0we enjoyed spending \u00a0another week or so with her.\u00a0 Even though the weather wasn’t as nice as last year, we still had a great time enjoying a baseball game as well as the festivities and fireworks for Independence Day. We braved the cooler, … Continue reading Kate visits for July 4th<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}