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+title: "PNW Reunion Trip"
+date: 2021-10-16T12:00:00-07:00
+description: A recap of a trip I took to the Pacific Northwest with some high school friends.
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+tags: ["Travel", "Pandemic", "Friends"]
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+I'm writing this in the airport having just spend a week with a group of friends
+who mean the world to me. For the past 18 months, we have been spending our
+Monday nights on Zoom with each other. They've been an anchor of my week,
+consistently one of the highlights, and a vital community during the COVID-19
+pandemic, when I was often feeling otherwise isolated.
+
+Way back at the beginning of the pandemic, we talked about getting together when
+it wound down. Surely by August 2020, we all thought. Lol.
+
+Nearly a year later, we started planning. Amazingly, we all made it through the
+hours of calls devoted to AirBnbs and rental cars and the harrowing adventure of
+traveling during a pandemic. We stayed together in Portland, OR for a few days
+and then drive up the Olympic Peninsula to a grand old house in the forest. From
+there we hiked and kayaked. We ate together and laughed and played music. We
+finished our trip with a ferry ride to Seattle, WA.
+
+I'm so grateful for every one of these people. We've been friends for years and
+even though our lives have taken us in so many different directions, we've found
+each other again and that is so wonderful.
+
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