[HairOfTheDog]

Trip part two: Leavenworth.

Leavenworth WA is a very cute little tourist trap in the mountains done up in an all Bavarian motiff... :~D

A girl with a friendly cart horse :~D

They allow chain stores in Leavenworth, as long as the architecture is proper... kinda cracks me up. :~D And all the workers dress in Bavarian clothes.

This is our hotel... great place and outside of town...

View down to the Wenatchee River from our balcony. With the pines and the big round rocks growing out of the ground everywhere, this place ~really~ looks like Prescott AZ, where ecurbh grew up :~D

Dogs had their own bed in our room, which was a treat for all...

Heading out of Leavenworth Westward...

[HairOfTheDog]

Ack! I know this is a lot of pictures for everyone to load, hope I'm not overdoing it. I'll just post a few from the trip home today, along a different pass.

The east slopes of the Cascades are all high pine with dry grass undergrowth, and while forest fires are nearly unheard of on the west side where I am, on the east slopes they're dry and burn nearly every year somewhere. In all these pictures, there's evidence of fire.

I liked the layers of snow still at the top of the pass...

A recent big ole avalanche and mudslide on a far hill...

And the last pic... ecurbh posin' next to a bigfoot statue from the place near where they filmed Harry and the Hendersons... :~D

We had a fun trip, got to see some fun sights, and got back tired and happy to be home :~D

[Beaker]

Wow Hair, those pics are amazing.... well aside from ecurbh heeding the call of nature of course ;-)