So, with an extra day on our hands before the girls were coming down off the mountain, we explored the nearby ‘Bavarian’ town of Leavenworth. In the ‘60s, the town decided to model itself after a German mountain village, and it’s now home to oompah bands, mustachioed men in lederhosen and (thankfully) beer gardens.
It’s extremely cheesy, of course, but a lot of fun if you jump in with both feet.
We were lucky enough to experience a Leavenworth tradition – a lovely lady named Wendy approached us at dinner and gave us two tickets to an outdoor performance of ‘The Sound of Music’ (now in its 15th year of production). The setting was so lovely, I didn’t have the heart to tell them the musical is actually set in Austria. Well, it’s all Europe, isn’t it?
The next morning, we drove down and met Trika and Jenny as they bounced energetically off the trail. Karen provided the yellow snacks – which disappeared about 10 seconds after I took this shot…
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