The stars seemed to align when a trip to visit Mom and Dad coincided with a 40 (+2) Year Sammamish High School Reunion, a climb of Glacier Peak, a visit to a friend from my Alaskan Malamute past and a climb of Mt. St. Helens.

After many years of asking about getting some of his slides scanned, I decided to load up my scanner and attack the over 5,000 slides that my dad has. I think even a bigger task than the scanning is looking at the slides, may of which were 60+ years old, and trying to decide which ones to save and scan. We had several “viewings” during the four days I was there but in the end I only got about 10% scanned – UGH! I foresee many more trips in the future!

Luckily, Mom kept us well fed and well hydrated during my stay and then Bob and Larina were in town at the end of my climb so we all met for brunch at the apartment.

Other tasks included sorting through several boxes of tapes and CDs, dropping some of Dad’s submarine books off in Seattle to a local submarine historian and anxiously awaiting Dad’s inaugural donning of his new, high tech shoes!