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Monday, July 6, 2009 - Page updated at 12:02 a.m.
ERIKA 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 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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Wednesday, June 17
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Sunday, June 14
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