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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, agreeing with others about short summer seasons. There's really only a few weeks a year where I was like it's naked legs and dresses and sandals time. And maybe a few days where I would even consider going swimming, but the water is cold! Lake swimming is a better option than Sound swimming, but again, cold murky water. :) (we are back on the east coast now, this girl needs her summers)[/quote]

Lake Sammamish is murky but Lake Washington is delightful and usually very clean! My kid is in the lake with her friends every single day from June through the 3rd week of September. They have a beautiful amount of freedom in the water compared to my childhood in the confines of a pool (although they all swim at pools, too). I swim in the lake most days in the summer, but have friends who are in there daily through the winter. I've swam next to gorgeous fish, under eagles and ospreys, and alongside otters. September out here is our bonus summer, and many years it's nicer than the rest of the summer season.

Summers are a big change from the east coast and are more like coastal Maine than anywhere else on the east coast. I definitely struggle with the cool evenings, and don't love having to layer in the summer. June is cold. There are a lot of positives that make up for it, like no humidity and never, ever getting mosquito bites. We leave doors and windows open and don't worry about for the doors. Only in the past few years have we had the occasional biting mosquito. Mostly they just fly around and are harmless.[/quote]

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