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Leavenworth 2012
13 years ago
Well, I am back in normal non-furry civilization (aka working my ass off in a way that's not art). My mini vacation was well earned and well enjoyed. Definitely something that I needed and my skin feels a lot better after that vacation.
Thursday started out as my first day off. I took this day off as a precaution since work likes to schedule me for a night shift before I leave, they did so this day was just a day to catch up. I ran some errands and satisfied my seafood craving. Then, it was off to meet up with Cruger. I spent the night and off we went the next morning.
Friday...Ok, we woke up at the ungodly hour of 8am. Needless to say I was cranky and eager to get going so I could sleep. I fell asleep promptly until we hit Jasper. We kept going onto BC and stopped at a small town. Luckily we didn't have to fuel up. For fun, we decided to see how much it costs for diesel. 147.9/L, Gas was around 133.9. YIKES. We continued onto the next town over still crying over the fuel prices in BC. And I now think AB complains a tad too much about gas prices. We stopped the night in Abbotsford. The Old Spaghetti Factory had some delicious food. Quite a lot of it. I nearly had a heart attack when the waiter came and asked if we wanted the dessert included in our bill. The ice cream was delicious but...so much food!
Saturday: More driving towards Bellevue. Border crossing was slow and as always a pick up truck had to budge in front of us. We got to the crossing and funny thing was the guards were more interested in the car than us. Meh, I'm not complaining. We made our merry way along to the meeting place. We began our trip to Leavenworth. It was reasonably uneventful...kinda. We stopped outside a ski resort, which was unprepared for us to come. For one thing, where was the toilet paper?! After that mishap, we went on to our destination. First thing I noticed was teh smell of bratwurst...oh delicious...FEED ME! After we found parking, we quickly grabbed some food. Mmm, bratwurst...I love you! After that, it was off to the gas station to get a map and me to splurge a bit on pop. Then, ice cream. After that, sight seeing. Look in all the stores and finally, the moment I've been looking forward to. The Nutcrackers! Poor Cruger...I tried to talk him out of it...he had a feeling he'd never hear the end of it if I didn't go into the museum. I do have to say, there are quite a few cool nutcrackers...After we saw the town we decided to explore the roads and see where they would take us. We explored pretty much all the roads and came back to look for a hotel. We miraculously managed to find one and for a decent price too. We went to get dinner before I passed out...well, in bed. I nearly passed out in the restaurant. We got back and decided to have one last drive around town. We got back to a very grumpy "Sheriff" He was very unimpressed we had backed into the stall and yelled at us to turn the car around. Yeah, we did eventually. Gotta love those guys, pumped up ego+ a badge. It was off to bed where I promptly passed out.
Sunday was time to leave and I stocked up on pop and we headed for the border. Sadly, the bigger an elephant, the slower it is. Our convoy, despite having a Porsche, was quite slow. By the end of that, I was extremely cranky that I hadn't eaten in 6 hours. Finally, we went our separate ways and drove until Grand Forks where we stopped. It was a bit of a mess trying to find a hotel but we found one. I was quite impressed with this hotel since the soap was amazing XD. Stayed the night and went home.
Monday, we bumbled home taking the scenic route. We took the ferry towards Crawford Bay. I was like a dog by an open car window. I loved the cool misty breeze. It got cold but with Cruger to cuddle, it was nice and warm. We landed in Crawford Bay where we stopped for ice cream. My ice cream really did not last long. We popped into one shop in the town. It had its charm. We then continued on. We went through the Kootenay National Park. By the time we got there, it was sunset so all the wildlife was out. Lucky, they were smart enough to stay off the road (or it was Darwinism at work, one of the two). One fun story was that we pulled over at a turnout to put fuel into the car only for us to look ahead to see a brown furry lump. Once we pulled upto it we discovered it was a bear. So, we literally accidentally found a bear, and a grizzly too. Needless to say, we did not fill up there. Instead, it was picture time. We continued on our way and headed back home by 3am where we ate leftover pizza and promptly passed out...at least Cruger did. He kept squishing me against the wall.
That was my vacation. I'm just halfway through day 1 of my 6 day rotation...I miss the Nutcrackers already!!
Thursday started out as my first day off. I took this day off as a precaution since work likes to schedule me for a night shift before I leave, they did so this day was just a day to catch up. I ran some errands and satisfied my seafood craving. Then, it was off to meet up with Cruger. I spent the night and off we went the next morning.
Friday...Ok, we woke up at the ungodly hour of 8am. Needless to say I was cranky and eager to get going so I could sleep. I fell asleep promptly until we hit Jasper. We kept going onto BC and stopped at a small town. Luckily we didn't have to fuel up. For fun, we decided to see how much it costs for diesel. 147.9/L, Gas was around 133.9. YIKES. We continued onto the next town over still crying over the fuel prices in BC. And I now think AB complains a tad too much about gas prices. We stopped the night in Abbotsford. The Old Spaghetti Factory had some delicious food. Quite a lot of it. I nearly had a heart attack when the waiter came and asked if we wanted the dessert included in our bill. The ice cream was delicious but...so much food!
Saturday: More driving towards Bellevue. Border crossing was slow and as always a pick up truck had to budge in front of us. We got to the crossing and funny thing was the guards were more interested in the car than us. Meh, I'm not complaining. We made our merry way along to the meeting place. We began our trip to Leavenworth. It was reasonably uneventful...kinda. We stopped outside a ski resort, which was unprepared for us to come. For one thing, where was the toilet paper?! After that mishap, we went on to our destination. First thing I noticed was teh smell of bratwurst...oh delicious...FEED ME! After we found parking, we quickly grabbed some food. Mmm, bratwurst...I love you! After that, it was off to the gas station to get a map and me to splurge a bit on pop. Then, ice cream. After that, sight seeing. Look in all the stores and finally, the moment I've been looking forward to. The Nutcrackers! Poor Cruger...I tried to talk him out of it...he had a feeling he'd never hear the end of it if I didn't go into the museum. I do have to say, there are quite a few cool nutcrackers...After we saw the town we decided to explore the roads and see where they would take us. We explored pretty much all the roads and came back to look for a hotel. We miraculously managed to find one and for a decent price too. We went to get dinner before I passed out...well, in bed. I nearly passed out in the restaurant. We got back and decided to have one last drive around town. We got back to a very grumpy "Sheriff" He was very unimpressed we had backed into the stall and yelled at us to turn the car around. Yeah, we did eventually. Gotta love those guys, pumped up ego+ a badge. It was off to bed where I promptly passed out.
Sunday was time to leave and I stocked up on pop and we headed for the border. Sadly, the bigger an elephant, the slower it is. Our convoy, despite having a Porsche, was quite slow. By the end of that, I was extremely cranky that I hadn't eaten in 6 hours. Finally, we went our separate ways and drove until Grand Forks where we stopped. It was a bit of a mess trying to find a hotel but we found one. I was quite impressed with this hotel since the soap was amazing XD. Stayed the night and went home.
Monday, we bumbled home taking the scenic route. We took the ferry towards Crawford Bay. I was like a dog by an open car window. I loved the cool misty breeze. It got cold but with Cruger to cuddle, it was nice and warm. We landed in Crawford Bay where we stopped for ice cream. My ice cream really did not last long. We popped into one shop in the town. It had its charm. We then continued on. We went through the Kootenay National Park. By the time we got there, it was sunset so all the wildlife was out. Lucky, they were smart enough to stay off the road (or it was Darwinism at work, one of the two). One fun story was that we pulled over at a turnout to put fuel into the car only for us to look ahead to see a brown furry lump. Once we pulled upto it we discovered it was a bear. So, we literally accidentally found a bear, and a grizzly too. Needless to say, we did not fill up there. Instead, it was picture time. We continued on our way and headed back home by 3am where we ate leftover pizza and promptly passed out...at least Cruger did. He kept squishing me against the wall.
That was my vacation. I'm just halfway through day 1 of my 6 day rotation...I miss the Nutcrackers already!!
And I'm glad you enjoy the bratwurst, take it all. Eat all of it! (Luci thinks its funny that I'm German and have the biggest distaste for the stuff).
Saw the photos of the Star Wars Nutcrackers! Very neat!
Those nutcrackers were so CUTE!