We got back in Seattle last night after being basically gone the last four days with my parents and grandmother. We drove to Mount Rainier on Saturday, Deception Pass and Whidbey Island on Sunday, and then Olympic National Park on Monday and Tuesday, for a total of probably around 700 miles. I don't really have time to write a long post about it all right now, but I just wanted to let everyone know we're still alive. We have probably taken almost 1,000 pictures the last few days, so it'll take a while to pick out the best ones and post them.

Unfortunately it's especially hot here right now and the high today is supposed to be in the upper 90s. Needless to say, my parents are disappointed that they couldn't get away from the heat as much as they would have liked to. Oh well, at least they're here. I have another half day off work tomorrow and we're just planning to go to a few parks and go up in the Space Needle again. We're eating at Icon Grill tomorrow night for my birthday, so that should be really good. More to come later...