I’ve been entertaining visitors for over a week. They are my in-laws, and they visit twice a year: spring and Thanksgiving. I try and give them at least one new thing to do every time they visit, otherwise they look like they might be getting bored. It’s not always easy to figure out what they might like, because the husband and I live our lives the same, day in and day out. I think I did a good job this year:

I introduced the dad-in-law to Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park. How have we lived here for four years and failed to visit this park? Mostly, I blame Kelsey Creek Park which is my Park Of Choice. It’s closer to our house than Cougar Mountain, and there are always the animals to look at. Cougar Mountain was beautiful, although the trail was quite muddy in some places. Some trees had completely lost their leaves, but others were still wearing a coat. There was moss everywhere. We did a short 2-mile hike and called it good. We grabbed a trail map at the park, and that will hopefully give dad some future plans.

I finally remembered about Twenty-five for $25 (which ends on Tuesday by the way), so for the farewell dinner, we went to Yarrow Bay Grill. I did this for two reasons: one was that it was on the eastside (shorter commute for us), and the other was the review on the website mentioned a Kobe Beef Pot Roast which I thought the husband would particularly enjoy. He said it was the best pot roast he’d ever had, so now I’m in good with the entire family.

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