May 26, 2016
Leavenworth, Washington
After one of the most spectacular (but looooong) drives yesterday, we arrived in Leavenworth. Who knew this even existed? Bavaria in Washington in the middle of the Cascade Mountain Range. WOW.
Kevin knew about Leavenworth when he was researching for his PCT hike in 2013. Apparently, this was going to be one of his "run away" towns if the Tea Fire took off and they chased him out of Santa Barbara (Durango was the other town). Well, thank God the Tea Fire didn't get too bad and our family wasn't ousted from our home. BUT.....Leavenworth is pretty darn cool. Hard to really talk about this place in just a few words. I went to High School in Munich and we lived in a small Bavarian village, Bad Tolz. This place brings me right back there.
Amazing setting in a more amazing landscape.
Talk about a beautiful and interesting and very diverse landscape we covered today. Leaving Bend, traveled through a Native American reservation, high desert type of Juniper/Pinon forest. Leaving that behind we dropped down into a very fertile valley with the most beautiful mountains and ranches and big draft horses I have ever seen since living in Bavaria. Magnificent for sure.
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| Jim and Lynda in front |
We stayed just outside of Leavenworth in a valley along the Wenatchee River. Great campground with wonderful hiking trails everywhere. But Kevin really wanted to go back to the PCT section at Steven's Pass...so that's what we did. We started in a cold, but not too cold, drizzle. Welcome to Washington weather! This went on for quite some time and then after about 5 miles we hit snow. Nothing but snow. Tried to find the trail but we were getting lost pretty quickly, so decided to turn around. It was super nice and a good walk down a bit of memory lane for Kevin.
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| Steven's Pass |
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| and we're off |
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| Brats and Beer |
Then off to the cute little town of Leavenworth. Had brats and beer at the Munchen Haus, strollen around the town and walked through their really great city park that runs along the Wenatchee River. I would LOVE to come back here again. Very soon.
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| Kevin showing off his agile moves! |
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| The beautiful Bavarian buildings in Leavenworth |
After one of the most spectacular (but looooong) drives yesterday, we arrived in Leavenworth. Who knew this even existed? Bavaria in Washington in the middle of the Cascade Mountain Range. WOW.
Kevin knew about Leavenworth when he was researching for his PCT hike in 2013. Apparently, this was going to be one of his "run away" towns if the Tea Fire took off and they chased him out of Santa Barbara (Durango was the other town). Well, thank God the Tea Fire didn't get too bad and our family wasn't ousted from our home. BUT.....Leavenworth is pretty darn cool. Hard to really talk about this place in just a few words. I went to High School in Munich and we lived in a small Bavarian village, Bad Tolz. This place brings me right back there.
Talk about a beautiful and interesting and very diverse landscape we covered today. Leaving Bend, traveled through a Native American reservation, high desert type of Juniper/Pinon forest. Leaving that behind we dropped down into a very fertile valley with the most beautiful mountains and ranches and big draft horses I have ever seen since living in Bavaria. Magnificent for sure.
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