Leavenworth Day Two:

The highlight of Leavenworth was the breakfast food. Not because of the food (which was good), but because this gentleman came and played his alp horn. AHHHHH.

Dancing to the music by the fireplace.

In the toy store. I'm going to blame the fact that we were in America...

We went into what we thought was the Nutcracker museum. Turns out it was only the gift shop!

I liked this old guy.


Then we wandered around town again.

And walked along the river. The big swings were too close to the mud puddles so we tried out the baby ones instead.




Lunch was a Pumpkin Spice Latte (my first ever!) and a slice of pumpkin loaf. What can I say, it felt like fall!


Then we decided to head to Cashmere.

I really liked the apple trucks!



The reason for our road trip? A tour of a candy factory!







EVERYTHING was done by hand. It was pretty cool to watch!

Then we stopped at the Pioneer Museum. Lots of Native artifacts.

Even an HBC display!


And a village! They brought in existing houses from a 30 mile radius and recreated a pioneer village...on a much smaller scale, I'm sure.

Elisabeth was a bit bored though.



And finally, on the way back to Leavenworth, we stopped at this awesome fruit stand.




Didn't buy anything though - I wasn't sure what the rules were for bringing fruit/veggies back into Canada.



Then it was time to say goodbye.

Trip to Leavenworth

We celebrated the end of summer and our ninth anniversary by taking a road trip to Leavenworth, WA. This is somewhere I've always wanted to visit (partly because I'm Swiss and I was hoping for a little taste of home!)

Of course, you can't go to the states without making a quick stop here:

After our shopping trip, we headed east and drove through Steven's Pass.

We finally arrived in Leavenworth and the Enzian Inn. The kids were fascinated (creeped out?!) by the "dead animals" in the lobby.


Translation anyone?
Our room was cute! Elisabeth loved it - and especially the faces on the beds. Can you see 'em?

Grosspapa an Oncle Reudi:

After we'd settled in to our room we went in search of something to eat. We ended up at Gustav's. Which was good but stinkin' expensive.
Our hunger sated, we decided to wander around a bit and explore the town.


We really wanted to eat here while we were in Leavenworth, but as it turns out, the day we finally decided to eat here, it was pouring and this place is all/mostly outside.


Leavenworth's version of a maypole:

A rare family photo.







A little Alpine Hutte - also, the closest we got to Switzerland the whole time we were away.