Do they get any better than this in New England?
This is almost like being on vacation
Note the mirror effect
That's not us in the carriage
Here we are in the Alps. We BOTH actually took a good picture at the same time!!
Guess who?Friday October 24th was my 63rd birthday, and my gas pedal foot was getting itchy, so we went to Leavenworth for lunch and to just plain "have a nice day". For those who don't know anything about Leavenworth Washington, I will enlighten you. Leavenworth was a dying small town in the 50's. Somebody came up with the idea to transform the town into a Bavarian village. The idea worked better than anyone thought. The town is surrounded by a part of the cascade range that has become known as the American Alps. There is almost always something going on there, be it the Autumn leaf festival, Octoberfest, Christmas, or the May pole celebration in the spring. Yesterday there was no specific event, but the shops and restaurants were busy. Must have been people like us who took the drive over to see the fall colors which were spectacular.
We had a very good German lunch at King Ludwigs, followed by coffee and apple streudel.
We cruised some of the shops, then went to a local fruit stand and bought 37 pounds of apples and pears fresh off the trees. We returned home about 7:00 p.m. for desert.
Today Gail and Randy are comming over for dinner and to watch Jamie Moyer pitch game #3 of the world series. I've got ribs on the barbecue/smoker, and a quart of sauce from the Ridgewood Barbecue in Tennessee, and cold beer in the refrigerator. Ain't life great??
Ron and Diane: Have you heard from Karen & George??
Go Phillies!!!!.......................................................................................Ernie
3 comments:
wow dad you were right, the colors are amazing! You guys look good, Im so glad you had a wonderful Birthday... See ya next week sometime. Sheila
Hey guy, Glad to see you got home in 1 piece. Joyce I am sorry to hear that you have to go back to work but Erin like to eat so you have to work. George & I both have been sick for about 3 week with this yucky cough and junk in our chest. Well not much else is happening here in Tennessee. Erin and Rick really need you back to play card so they can win another game. We did go to the pumpkin fram last weekend with the Johnson family and had a great time. Talk to you guys later.
Karen
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!
We haven't heard from Karen and George and from reading there note, I know why. It seems like half of the company I work for has that same nasty stuff. I purchased a large can of lysol for my desk, if anyone touches my stuff, it gets sprayed. I'm glad Karen & George are getting over theirs.
Leavenworth, Washington is my kind of place,It is beautiful. We have a place in Arkansas that is kind of along the same theme, but a much smaller scale. I love to go there in the fall for the foliage and german food. It's only about 3hours away in the Ozarks (closest thing we have to mountains). Our foliage goes from green to brown.
I made Ron an appointment friday for a hearing aid test. He's having a tuff time hearing the world series and football games on TV, its become serious (ha).
Later....Diane
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