Originally Posted by dglvr
Originally Posted by Linda - K.
I'm sure you will have a great time with your student. We had 3 Japanese students for a "home stay" program for 3 summers and we enjoyed getting to know them and taking them around Seattle to see the sights. Our son went over there under the same program when he was 15. He loved it.
HI Linda. Where are you in Washington? I have family in the Seattle area so I'm going to be taking her there. Beings Snoqualamie Pass is such a mess we will go Chinook Pass to see Mt. Rainier. My mom lives up the Chinook Pass out of Naches up by Whistling Jacks so of course we'll have to stop for a visit there. I'm really hoping she gets here early before school starts so we can work all this in before it starts. I'm really liking this exchange student stuff. Its so much fun to take them sight seeing. I wish gas prices would go down. Lots of travels in the future. Glad you had such a good experience.
Are you going to do it again? My brother in law is the coordinator at Green River College in Kent. :thumbup:
We are in the Lake Goodwin area north of Everett. We lived in South Everett at the time we had the 3 students over the 3 year period. It was in the mid-80s but we don't do it now - we are retired. It was fun and we really enjoyed it. The first student really enjoyed a day on Mt. Rainier. You mentioned in another post about jeans and such. We gave the 3rd student a Levi's jacket when he was leaving and he loved it! They do love the brand name items like that. Of course, it's hard to find "made in America" things even tho they are brand names associated with the USA. Is it the construction in the pass you are referring to? I want to head over to Spokane in either Aug for the Buggy Barn show or in Oct for the Spokane quilt show. It's been since last Oct that I went over the pass so don't know what kind of traffic mess to face. It wasn't too bad last year.