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Saying
good-bye to some friends in the Pacfic Northwest |
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(Dano from STN) offered to host a farewell BBQ on my behalf, inviting just
about anyone I knew to come and hang out, drink some beer and eat some food.
It was a very generous gesture on his (and his wife Katherine's) part and
I really appreciated it. |
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August 9, 2008
Sammamish, WA
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| The BBQ was slated to start around 4 that Saturday afternoon.
I was the second one there, and more people continued to trickle in over
the next few hours. Dan and Katherine had everything set up for inside/outside
hosting, as the weather didn't look like it was going to cooperate. The
forecast was not too surprising seeing as we had used up all of our good
weather during the work week. But for now it was dry out and the grill was
heating up nicely. Dan had some homebrew that was well-received and some
of my favorite rootbeer in the fridge for me. Ahhhh - how thoughtful! |
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The house |
Dave and Dan, first ones there |
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ol' Rocket sent flowers! |
Homebrew |
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Hitting a couple of balls while waiting for the
others |
Watch out for one of the "hazards" |
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The family chickens |
Dan moves a bike in fashionable style |
| Just as the food was getting ready to be served, the first
drops of water started. Within minutes there was a deluge, not typical of
the PNW, but apparently Mother Nature felt the need to condense a few typical
rainy days into this one event. Those with good sense went inside while
the rest of the gang stayed outside (Katherine is excluded from being lumped
in with them, as I think she was just being a good hostess). |
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Ryan, Randy, Dave and Katherine |
Dave joins the crowd, too stubborn to come in
out of the rain |
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The bikes were at least dry |
Yep, that's rain. |
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Mmm - cake and berries! |
Full rainbow over the garage |
| While inside, we had tasty chicken, dogs, brats and CAKE.
Mmmmm, tasty and rich and chocolatey. It was good. Then the rain blew away,
a rainbow came along telling us that it was safe to start the bonfire and
we spent the wee hours of the evening making s'mores and sitting around
the fire talking about any number of subjects. It was almost midnight before
the last of us rolled out of the driveway. |
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Early stages of the bonfire
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Thank you to everyone who came and even those who couldn't
come but expressed their thoughts of goodwill. You are all truly a great
group of people! |
