We let Bear out and she was mesmerized, following him everywhere. She even, in a hilarious manner, followed suit when Bear lifted his leg to mark his territory. We all nearly fell over with laughter. We unloaded the car, took much needed showers and had a wonderful dinner with family. 
The past few weeks have been a blur of Emily studying for her OBGYN boards and Mary jo and I cooking ridiculous meals employing sous vide techniques, and searching for ever more challenging recipes to test on Sam and Emily. While Emily studied I help around the house with various heavy lifting projects. We continued this for about a week prior to Emily taking her boards. In the meantime we also acquired a new Subaru crosstrek!
Emily finally took her exams and felt good about them. That night we celebrated hard with cocktails, outdoor games, and a great dinner. The family could be heard laughing from anywhere in the neighborhood. 
After a day of recovery we decided to hike with the Ecks along Twin Falls trail which was lovely until the crowds of unmasked family stormed the trail on our return hike. The falls were pleasant and it was an enjoyable hike. Also, this entire time Emily and I have been training for our half marathon with runs nearly everyday around Lake Sammamish. 
The weather over these past few days has been incredible, 70s and sunny nearly everyday.
After a day of recovery we decided to hike with the Ecks along Twin Falls trail which was lovely until the crowds of unmasked family stormed the trail on our return hike. The falls were pleasant and it was an enjoyable hike. Also, this entire time Emily and I have been training for our half marathon with runs nearly everyday around Lake Sammamish. 
The weather over these past few days has been incredible, 70s and sunny nearly everyday. One day Emily and I drove to Mt. Rainier and hiked to Comet Falls one of the largest falls in the park. It was incredible! 500 feet of cascading waterfall that followed a valley opening with a permanent rainbow from the sunrise.
Stunning, just stunning. It was another sunny day as we wound through the park and did a few more short but breathtaking hikes for unobstructed views of Mt. Rainier.
We returned to the Eck house for more great dinners, social distanced neighborhood happy hours, and general merriment. I did have to include the video of little Sophia attempting to say "man with the hook!" but it comes out quite different as you will hear in the first few seconds of the video.
Stunning, just stunning. It was another sunny day as we wound through the park and did a few more short but breathtaking hikes for unobstructed views of Mt. Rainier.
We returned to the Eck house for more great dinners, social distanced neighborhood happy hours, and general merriment. I did have to include the video of little Sophia attempting to say "man with the hook!" but it comes out quite different as you will hear in the first few seconds of the video. 
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