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
For my daughter’s 23rd birthday, she wanted to go to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, where we saw some amazing exhibits, took a tour with a docent. We were allowed to photograph her in a self-driving car. Later, in Palo Alto, we went to the Baylands Nature Preserve, which I had not visited since 2007.
It was also Ray Squared’s birthday party and the big FOUR OH for the red-headed Ray Lillie. The couple known as Ray and Ray have both of their actual birthdays on July 3 (as well as sharing a name). July 3 was when I had my birthday party this year, which they attended, even though my actual birthday is the day before.
