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This past Sunday was a bit cloudy, a bit rainy (some of us thought the sun may come out and donned shorts…ok one of us and it never did…), but a cheery day for an international community to come together to get to know one another.\u00a0 We found fewer views, but a plethora of animals.\u00a0 Chipmunks and marmots posed for us on rocks as the au pair crew of this 2016 hike ascended to new heights.\u00a0 Also of note, a nice sing-along to the top 40s, including our own Seattle boy, Macklemore.\u00a0 They are true Seattle-ites now!\"fullsizerender-13\"<\/a> \"fullsizerender-14\"<\/a> \"fullsizerender-15\"<\/a> \"fullsizerender-16\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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