Monday, July 29, 2013

Destination: Leavenworth

On Saturday we put the children into the car and drove to Leavenworth, a city here in Washington that resembles a Bavarian village. It is absolutely charming! Alexandra said she likes it better than Disneyland. Now that's saying something!
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During the month of July, they have Waldo of Where's Waldo fame hidden in 25 shops around Leavenworth.
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The girls picked up passports at the local book store and began the search, collecting stamps and signatures whenever they found one.

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Such a fun idea, no?

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[Mid-day tube feeding.]

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[Behold, 116 flavors of taffy!]
[Too bad I'm not so fond of taffy.]
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[Every town needs a maypole!]

[It went up and up forevah!]
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[This picture reminded me of Michelangelo's painting, The Touch.]

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Auf Wiedersehen!
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