My dear friend from law school came down from Vancouver, BC with his partner to hang out with Shando and me in Seattle for a few days and we had an amazing time.  Shando had never been to Seattle and he wanted to see some of the Puget Sound areas, including Deception Pass. We had the best guides and were so lucky to make new friends also.  We did get there during a heat wave (and no one in Washington has air conditioning by default).

Shando got me a great birthday lunch at the Seattle Space Needle, nitrogen-cooled ice cream bowl smoking away:

Deer roaming around Port Townsend, Whidbey Island and the Fish Ladder at the Locks