The river alongside the road and the amazing fall colors lured us into pulling over to peek at things.
After enjoying a little bit of nature, we continued on to Wenatchee (hotels were booked in Leavenworth by the time we decided to go there for the weekend so Wenatchee was the next best thing), which was around 30 minutes southeast of Leavenworth. We hit a Mexican restaurant just down the road from the hotel before settling in for the night. The waiter talked us into the larger margaritas :)
The next morning we stopped at Stutzman Ranch to pick apples. This was a first for us and we really enjoyed it. Next year we'd like to go back during the summer and pick their rainier cherries.
Our day was off to a great start and to keep it going, we hit a candy store that was on our way from the apple farm to the Oktoberfest celebration in Leavenworth. Aplets & Cotlets Candy Kitchen is in Cashmere, WA and we made it just in time for a mini tour.
Anyone a fan of The Chronicles of Narnia? If so, you'll be excited to hear that they make Turkish Delights here :)
Now it was time to get to the real reason why we headed east: Oktoberfest fun! We were a tad on the early side so the kids did a little rock climbing to waste time.
Sean found the perfect sign for Madison to pose by. I'm sure many other parents with teenagers can relate to this once in awhile.
If you can't read it after enlarging the picture it reads, "Raising teenagers is like being pecked to death by chickens." She was more than happy to take a picture by it as if she's telling us she agrees.
The line was quite long to get into the Oktoberfest celebration area and we thought we might miss the keg tapping, but we made it. First thing was first: purchasing our steins to fill with beer :)
The boys did a little bit of chicken fighting. . . or I guess
it's more accurate to say chicken pecking.
Summer and Sean danced to the chicken dance.
We all had a great time, but it did get a little long for the kids so we headed back to the hotel to relax and order pizza. We are already planning another trip back over Thanksgiving weekend or sometime before Christmas to see the Christmas Lighting Festival and the Village of Lights. Leavenworth is such a neat little town.
What a perfect weekend! We hit the road in the morning to get back for Madison's softball game and Noah's soccer match. Before getting too far, we had to stop to take a few pictures of scenery that caught our attention.
We had taken so many pictures that I've included a link to our Snapfish albut with all of our photos from our Leavenworth weekend (both iPhone and real camera). That way I didn't become too photo crazy on this post :) Enjoy!
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