{"id":6192,"date":"2009-07-03T09:15:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T16:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2013-07-04T10:19:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T17:19:30","slug":"happy-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/03\/happy-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m taking the day off to hang out with friends and family, and enjoy a little kayaking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 662px; margin: 0 auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/kayaking.jpg\" alt=\"kayaking\" title=\"kayaking\" width=\"660\" height=\"880\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b>Exciting Independence Weekend Contest!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Whoever guesses the closest lat-long coordinates to the location where the above picture was taken wins a Made in Washington gift bag with some MarketSpice tea, a Fran&#8217;s chocolate bar, some Cabernet chocolate cherries, Biringer&#8217;s lemon tea cookies, and an Almond Roca.<\/p>\n<p>One entry per person, leave your guess in the comments along with a valid email address so I can contact you if you win.  Contest closes at midnight Monday morning \/ Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend everybody!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Congratulations to Joe @ comment #4, whose guess was just 16 feet from the correct location!  Incredible.  If I didn&#8217;t know better, I&#8217;d think he somehow cheated.  Here&#8217;s a map of all your guesses, with the correct answer marked in green:<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0 auto;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=108880603054360341047.00046e0ce7686831d4894&amp;ll=47.680183,-122.185135&amp;spn=0.184919,0.411987&amp;z=11&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small>View <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=108880603054360341047.00046e0ce7686831d4894&amp;ll=47.680183,-122.185135&amp;spn=0.184919,0.411987&amp;z=11&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Seattle Bubble Independence Weekend Contest Results<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m taking the day off to hang out with friends and family, and enjoy a little kayaking. 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