Washington Spring Break Pt. 1 of 9

Over the last several years, my mom and stepdad have been quite active in moving around.  They first sold their Niwot house and moved up to Sequim, WA which is a Northwest of Seattle along the coast opposite from Victoria.  Unfortunately, we never actually made it up to visit them at their house, but it looked beautiful with views looking out over the bay.   A few years later during COVID, they actually sold the Sequim house and moved to upstate New York near Albany, where Bob took a job with a small pharmaceutical company there.  After a year or so in New York, they decided to come back to Washington where they settled in Snohomish.  The new location was a lot more convenient to get to than Sequim and we decided we weren't going to miss a trip and see their new house.  Above, you can see my mom standing outside of their house.

They live up this super steep street but have a great sized lot that backs up to open space (i.e. forested land).  Further, their amazing back yard has these huge trees growing in the middle of the yard.  We were shocked at how green everything was and also just by the sheer size of all the trees that grow there. 

Off their back deck they set up this nice multi-layered bird feeder to accommodate a large crowd seeking both food and shelter from the ever-present rain.  All day long bird would congregate in groups of three, four, or five or more.  Occasionally these bushy squirrels would come and try to jump on it, but Bob would chase them away.

One of the ongoing highlights of the trip was the ping pong table in their basement.  I remember playing quite a lot of table tennis growing up and the kids had a blast putting Grandpa Mike to the test on his home table.  I am not sure they beat him while we were there, but they sure talked some good clean trash.