Day Trip to the Leavenworth Area!

Today we decided to take a day trip over to the Leavenworth area. While I remembered mostly everything to make the trip fun, I forgot to pack a toy for the car. Won't do that again. Our first stop was the fish ladder, but I left the camera in the car. Fish were jumping. Note to the Grandmothers, Mark has movies of it. We drove down the Chumstick Highway to Plain and the Beaver Valley Lodge. Mark found it and wanted to see what we thought. We liked it. They did not have any rooms to show us as they were all full, the grounds are pretty.

Lon in front of the Wind in the Willows Fountain

A sculpture and another fountain in front of the lodge.

A shot of the river. Pretty

We went back into Leavenworth and stopped off at Rudloff's Pizza and Wunder Dog!  Lon and I split a pizza, and Mark had a Wunder Dog. The server was so nice, and remarkably honest. She came by with our pizza and apologized to Mark. She accidentally dropped his Wunder Dog on the floor, so she would be making another, but it would take a few minutes. She came back with the money for his Wunder Dog. Wow, this is a place we will try to eat at again!

Being Goofy!

We stopped at Prey's Fruit Stand and got some honey and then we went to Smallwoods. Lon wanted to go to the petting zoo. Until he saw the cow ride. He loved the cow ride, it was a good breeze, and they went through the sprinklers!  He went twice. We shared our sun screen with some of the fellow passengers.  It was getting HOT out there!

Large chicken in front of Smallwoods

Putting food on top of the roof, but sadly, it was way too HOT for the animals  they were all trying to find the shade or the sprinkler.

Lon tried to feed the miniature cow, it was still a little scary. 

Our next stop was Lake Wentachee. It was a great place. A State Campground too!  We will be looking into camping there.

Daddy tossed Lon into the water. Lon was not as pleased as we expected him to be

Out of the water for a few minutes. Then we were off to our next adventure stop

We stopped by the Fruit Corner and it was so beautifully landscaped!  The fruit stand was very small, but they had water. We really were going through lots of water. When we pulled out of there the car thermometer said it was 101. Whew! It was a little HOT

On our way home, we went through Gold Bar. They were having the Annual Gold Dust Days!  Party like it's 1910. That was their motto. We got Lon a snow cone. Which we all shared!

On of the exhibits was the Gold Panners. We, of course,  had Lon try. He was pretty good with some help. We got to keep his teeny tiny vial of gold.

There was also a Civil War encampment. The lady showed Lon how to work the spinning wheel. We took some of this labors home.  This Civil War encampment was not as authentic as the ones we have seen in Virginia. Little things that were not used in the 1860s, but  it was still fun to see.

Then the park beckoned. Lon played on it for a little while.

He is getting taller and braver

After the park we made our way home. We wanted to stop at Bentos, but they were not open, so Lon got his wish. We ended our day trip at Pizza Hut.  It was a great day !