We Found A Perfect Day For A Hike!

We hiked up Icicle Ridge, that’s just above the town of Leavenworth WA. Don’t let the name fool you. It’s an excellent early season hike that offers us what we have been missing during the winter: a good time in the sun (this being the sunny side of the Cascades, a bountiful array of wildflowers, and stunning views of Icicle Canyon and the Wenatchee and Icicle rivers and surrounding mountains.
And with relatively little pain - an 1,800 foot gain in 2.5 miles as opposed to the neighboring Fourth of July trail that also leads hikers to a higher point on Icicle Ridge in a grueling 4,300 vertical foot march. We will be back again and again.

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Memorial Day Weekend And More!

A lot of folks get out of the city and go camping during these longer 3 day weekends, but some folks can’t get away.We had a little something for everyone!

About 75 of us (including a few of our Vancouver B.C. Club) went camping. But that would be selling the weekend short. We Camped, (some in tents and others in Cabins) We hiked, We played Volleyball, We sang around the campfire, We explored the local wineries, We played horseshoes, We made smores and a whole lot more. We came together at times for events and spend free time either relaxing or doing smaller events.  We event made dinners under a tent in a field for the whole group and they turned out pretty darn good.  It was a great time and each year it just seems to get better and better.

But what about the folks that cannot get out of town for the weekend?  Well we didn’t forget them either. We took a group on a Seattle best tour. We went all over downtown making our own photo post cards of so many of the famous icons in Seattle. Like the Waterfront, Pike’s Public Market, The Seattle Art Museum, Our cool mod Library and a ton more.

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Cliffhangers And Bonfires!

We know how to make the best of the good weather when it’s here.

Warm summer nights are just made for Volleyball and Bonfires. While we are lucky to have a few nice beaches right in the Seattle area, they only have a small number of fire pits at them so when the sun shines we have to have a person grab a beach chair, sit in the sand and hold us a fire pit,  sometimes as early as 11am for a 6pm bonfire. It’s a hard job, but everyone appreciates the sacrifice. On this warm summer night we had folks playing volleyball up until it started getting dark. Than everyone dug into the potluck and gathered around the bonfire for smores.  Why are there called Smores?  Cuz there are soo good you just want some-more.

 Then to add a little adventure into our lives we jumped off cliffs.It was a little hard getting up 6am after being up late at the bonfire. But no one felt the experience wasn’t worth it by the end of the day. After driving up near Anacortes WA and hiking in to a truly beautiful area we unpacked our gear and followed the guidance of Mark the rappelling instructor (and ex special forces) we began rappelling off cliffs.You end up bonding with folks when you coach them and literally walk them over the edge and off the cliff.   I have made friends I know I will have for a lifetime. Events And Adventures Seattle

Live From Greece!!

After nearly 30 hours for flights and transfers we all got to Athens !!!
Even with the travel/jetlag we are all exited to be in Greece and starting our adventure.

The first night we had a welcoming dinner in the heart of Athens old town and not far from the Acropolis, the restaurant that was picked by our guides was perfect. a true Greek favorite as the photos on the
walls of the owner and his family with so many of Greece's famous and other well known world wide bid shots showed us.

As a kid in school you learn about Greek history and it some how seen so unreal, but when you get to walk right up to the pillars of the Parthenon and hear from our guides just how this was all made and what they were thinking at the time this was being built it becomes a image that will be with you for the rest of there life.
I can't wait to write more next week about the Greek islands we are heading to. Events And Adventures Travel

When It’s Nice In The Pacific Northwest, It’s Really Nice!

Boy have we been getting some nice weather! To take full advantage of this we have been getting outside and soaking it up.

Croquet, once the gentile lawn games of the aristocrats.  But now it’s so much more with a group of friends all paling around. And  if you thought you only get to see folks true colors when playing Monopoly, try the playfully cutthroat game of Croquet. When we went for drinks after it was clear we all had a great time!

The Hiking Gods must love us, because we have been having such great timing on our hikes. Gorgeous Waterfalls full with spring runoff, Wonderfully clear vistas before field burning haze tints the sky. The smells of the forests and meadows in bloom and flowing with sap. It’s a great time to hike!

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Mingles to Laser Tag!

Sometimes you want to a bar  “ where everyone knows your name” to steal a line from Cheers. With a city as big as Seattle that can be hard to do if you also want to check out some of the fun and different neighborhoods.

Answer:  Our club does all kinds of mingles, all over the city.  Mingles for food, mingles for trivia and mingles for our Young Professional and for our Premier Club members. Recently we had a Young Professional Mingle at one bar and across the street at another bar we had our Premier Club Mingle. Then after a few hours we brought them both together for one big mingle.

While mingles are a great social event, you got to add a little action in now and then.

How about Laser Tag! Truly one for the most requested events from our members and a heck of a lot of fun!  Believe it or not,  it can be a great workout and I find it to be a good way to warm up for skiing as I always come out with sore leg muscles from crouching…. But maybe that’s just cuz I’m so tall.

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Snowmobile Adventure Weekend!

Seattle finally got some snow… Well at least we have snow up in our hills!At our Snowmobile Adventure Weekend we headed up into the hills and over near Leavenworth WA. For a fun weekend getaway.It can be a game of guessing as to what month / weekend would be best. We need to have enough snow on the ground to play in, but not too much so we can’t drive over there.And we hit it just right!Even though it was snowing kind heavy on the way there we all made to our private lodge and boy what a wonderful space. Very rustic log style design with everything you would need to a getaway. We had a pool table, hot tub, big old fireplace and lots of room for all of us.We made dinners and breakfast in the big fully equipped kitchen and we could even see the house drawn sled going right past our big front windows.

We also had a great time riding around the mountain on snowmobiles. The lodge owns the snowmobiles and all the snow trails around the lodge so we didn’t have other snowmobilers to get in our way.

The only concern the whole weekend was wondering if we would get too much snow and be forced to stay longer, wouldn’t that be sad.

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