Wowza! Western Washington Thanksgiving weather doesn’t get better than this
鈥極ver the river and through the woods, to Grandmother鈥檚 house we go.鈥櫬� The lyric to this 1844 Thanksgiving poem originally composed by Lydia Maria Child seems so Pacific Northwest. And driving to Grandmother鈥檚 house and back this Thanksgiving weather-wise is going to about as good as it gets. In the past 50 years, there have […]2 years ago
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