{"id":879,"date":"2017-11-26T00:35:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T00:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/?p=879"},"modified":"2017-11-26T00:35:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T00:35:08","slug":"so-much-to-be-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/26\/so-much-to-be-thankful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"So much to be thankful for!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving has come around again and Kaitlin and Adam came to spend the week with us.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always great to spend time with them and even better this time as we managed to get away for a couple of days to Rosario resort on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ab.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-880\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ab-270x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ab-270x300.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ab-768x853.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ab-922x1024.jpeg 922w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ac.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-881\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ac-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ac-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ac-768x1023.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fullsizeoutput_2ac-769x1024.jpeg 769w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Of course the first event was picking them up at the airport as Alice had to live up to her reputation and an outlandish outfit or accessory to greet them.\u00a0 She kept to the Thanksgiving theme with turkey headgear and a very large turkey balloon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-884\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2084-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2084-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2084.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>They spent a few days with us on &#8216;Alice&#8221; the houseboat, with Adam working remotely and Kaitlin visiting friends and even managing to get lunch at the Aussie pub in Ballard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then it was off to Anacortes for the ferry ride to Orcas Island.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always a very relaxing way to travel and our goal is to ride every ferry route in the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 Rosario resort is a wonderful old place with an interesting history and is very well maintained.\u00a0 Mr Moran who built the property after being a successful shipbuilder in Seattle also donated 5,000 acres for the Moran Statge Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/W3iJGUTfRg2xzNnjxrVJsw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-882 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/W3iJGUTfRg2xzNnjxrVJsw-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/W3iJGUTfRg2xzNnjxrVJsw-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/W3iJGUTfRg2xzNnjxrVJsw-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/W3iJGUTfRg2xzNnjxrVJsw-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Kaitlin heard there was a nice waterfall &#8211; Cascade Falls so she decided we needed to go on a hike to it.\u00a0 So on Thanksgiving morning, she and I braved the wet weather and headed off around Cascade Lake and ended at the falls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NRD1LSBERE2YOaHQltNoyA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-885 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NRD1LSBERE2YOaHQltNoyA-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NRD1LSBERE2YOaHQltNoyA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NRD1LSBERE2YOaHQltNoyA-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NRD1LSBERE2YOaHQltNoyA-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It certainly was very pretty and although we looked like drowned rats, we enjoyed the six mile hike.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-887 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2066-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2066-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2066-768x1165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2066-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2066.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That afternoon, Alice and I took a drive to the top of Mt Constitution which has a tower on the top that provides fantastic 360 degree views.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2083.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-889\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2083-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2083-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2083-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2083.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-888\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-888 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2061-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2061-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2061-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2061-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2061.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking out over the San Juan islands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As our neighbors, Mike and Patti, and their family and friends were also at Rosario, we all got together before dinner for a champagne toast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-890 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2082.jpg 874w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2082-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2082-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-891\" style=\"width: 2016px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-891 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2075.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2075.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2075-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2075-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nice sunrise over Rosario on Thanksgiving Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-886 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2077-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2077-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2077-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2077-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_2077.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a truly wonderful Thanksgiving dinner buffet, we all managed to stumble back to our rooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next day was the return back to Seattle on the ferry before we all resume our busy working lives.\u00a0 It was a great time together and we certainly enjoyed the break and are so thankful that Adam and Kaitlin decided to spend time with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving has come around again and Kaitlin and Adam came to spend the week with us.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always great to spend time with them and even better this time as we managed to get away for a couple of days to Rosario resort on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands. 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