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She and I\\nwent to the same church for maybe two and a half years or so while I was going\\nto SPU and living on or near campus, and we have kept in touch since then. She\\nis a fan of adventure of all sorts, so this was perfect. We each invited\\nfriends to go with us. My friend Kara from Portland and Seattle and most\\nrecently China came along. She has been teaching English in Southwest China for\\ntwo years now, and is on a seven week vacation in the Northwest (Oregon and\\nWashington). She was already in Seattle visiting with her old roommates and so\\nshe met up with us up there. Julie invited two of her friends who also used to\\ngo to church with her (after I stopped going there),\\n\", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://tellingtime2.blogspot.com\"\n  }, \"Cara\"), \", and Eileen. 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We took our time, I took a lot of\\nphotos and we all had some good conversation. All the women have done a\\nconsiderable amount of international travel and had quite a bit in common to\\ntalk about. It was neat to hear the stories everyone had to share.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"After the hike we went back to Julie's place briefly before we split up and\\nwent to dinner. Kara and I wanted to go to my favorite restaurant--Thai Tom. I\\nLOVE that place. It's a tradition for me every time I go to Seattle to try to\\nmake it there and have some Swimming Rama. Mmmm... tasty. So we met up with my\\nfriend Matt and his friend Andy (both of whom went to SPU with me) and sat at\\ndifferent tables together (since the place is too small to have bigger than\\ntwo-person tables). 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