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Monday, July 6, 2009 - Page updated at 12:02 a.m.

Enlarge this photoERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Tanner Guthrie munches on a cookie during a picnic for families of Little Pilgrim School at Lincoln Park in West Seattle. Lisa Guthrie, his mom, says chilly weather doesn't stop her and the kids from getting outdoors. A fourth-generation West Seattleite, Lisa shares the view of a lot of Northwest picnickers who don't wait for sunny weather to have a good time together outside. Read story

Picnics in the Pacific Northwest happen rain or shine

Picnics in the Pacific Northwest are always an exercise in hope. That's because of an inveterate, uninvited guest: the weather. So people cope by doing everything from packing tarps to wearing fleece, vying for the most likely sunny days and having a Plan B.

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