Leavenworth weekend

We haven't been to Leavenworth in a few years and definitely have never been in the winter, which is when everyone says is the best time to visit because of the snowy fun, so we took advantage of the long MLK weekend to do an overnight stay.

The drive was easy, with snow on the ground the entire way from Snoqualamie to Leavenworth! Nora was SOOOO excited. She was literally shouting and point out every big snow mounds she saw. Cute but annoying.

We got there in about 2 hours and decided to try sledding before lunch. Sadly, the sledding hill in the town square was icky (no fresh snow = dirty, muddy, crowded sledding hills) so we walked around Waterfront park instead. The girls liked being towed on the sled all around the park.

We lucked out because this weekend happened to be Ice Fest and while that meant big crowds, we also got to enjoy the ice sculptures and fireworks. Plus, the town kept all their Christmas lights up so it was really magical to hang out in the cold night with all the pretty twinkling lights all around us.

The downside of all those people was that EVERYONE headed to dinner right after the fireworks show at 6pm. We got in our heads that we wanted to go to the same restaurant that the girls enjoyed the last time we were in town, and ended up having to wait two hours for a table. The musicians kept us occupied while we waited for a seat and at least the food was worth the wait!

The next day, we headed into the nearby mountains to test our Nora's new snow shoes. It was really pretty comical how hard it was for the girls to walk with snow shoes. You'd think they were drunk! Every few feet one of them was falling over. It didn't help that the trail we took was at a (closed for winter) campground so there were so many enticing big snow drifts and open fields to go play in! They kept wanting to just fall in the snow and make angels and build forts.

We all decided we had so much fun that we will have to do this again next year!

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