This weekend has been amazingly sunny and I have had a great time being outdoors. Today, Tammy and I went sea kayaking on Union Bay and enjoyed a scenic view of the mountains & the city. Tammy and I met at Community Group and she has been a lot of fun to be around. She goes to the University of Washington but will be spending the summer here in Seattle. Yay! On Saturday, the whole community group went to Gas Works Park and we had a beautiful view of the city. It is aptly named "Gas Works Park" because it contains remnants of the sole remaining coal gasification plant in the US. I guess that is one way to deal with unwanted infrastructure on prime waterfront real estate.
Because the sky was so clear, we were able to see the beautiful mountains along the horizon. Mt. Rainier was especially visible! It looks like it shouldn't be real - kind of like a huge fluffy cloud along the horizon. I am looking forward to hiking around it sometime this summer. 
Also on Saturday, I took Erin on a bike ride to Green Lake which is only a handful of miles from the house. It was fun to spend some one-on-one time with her and let her splash around in the water. I don't think she has the opportunity to just get dirty playing outside and so I am always happy to help with that. Tomorrow begins the last full week of work before I am off traveling to Spokane for a tribal air conference, to Alaska to visit some native villages (and go hiking in Denali!) and finally to Kona, Hawaii to attend an interdisciplinary environmental conference and of course check out the volcanoes.
Needless to say I am very excited but it will be pretty non-stop for a while. I would appreciate prayers for safe travels and that I would be able learn a lot from each of these trips. I am praising God for what He has been doing so far through my job and through my relationships and I look forward to seeing how He will use the next 3 weeks. Let me know if there is any way I can be praying for you!
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