Brianna's Visit - Part 2

August 2 - Friday - John and I took Friday off and we all drove to Leavenworth. It was still rainy so we did not stop to do the metal horses like originally planned. Got to Cashmere and went to the Aplet's & Cotlet's factory. Saw a fun place to eat nearby, so stopped for a late lunch. It was called the 59er Diner and we felt like were were in the 50's. Besides the fun Formica tables and juke box, they had various games at the table. John was very good at getting the rings together and apart, even while he was busy eating. The girls saved room for dessert - homemade milk shakes. By the way, the food was good but we thought it just a little odd that John's sandwich came with grated cheese instead of sliced...see photo!

After our meal we went to a huge antique mall that was adjacent to the restaurant. Had a good time meandering around but really could not buy much since our car was full of our suitcases and us. Maybe another time. We drove to Leavenworth and checked into our hotel (Bavarian Lodge). Walked to the various shops, many that we had seen before. Thought this sign was a riot.

Then we went to a shop we had not gone to before located in the basement of one of the buildings. The Cheesemonger Shop. He offered samples and samples and samples of various cheeses and meats. So yummy! So we bought two types of cheese and two meats... Applewood Smoked Cheddar and a Dutch Gouda plus a beef sausage and a salami. We originally had planned to sit down for a full German meal, but were not hungry (yet) for dinner after eating all those samples. We did buy some cinnamon sugar almonds at another shop, stopped to listen to a German band playing in the square and headed back to our hotel.

We decided to walk to Safeway to add beverages and crackers to our cheese/salami  from the Cheesemonger Shop and make a dinner out of it. We also picked up some strudel for dessert. Went back to the hotel, ate our meal and watched Back to the Future.

August 3 - Saturday - The next morning we enjoyed a full hot breakfast at the hotel. Checked out of the hotel, stopped to fuel at Safeway and picked up beverages for the road. Stopped at a small farm/shop on the drive home (got caramel corn), then saw a bigger farm/shop about 1/2 mile down the road. It was called Smallwood's Harvest. Stayed there for awhile and played (swings, tetherball, milk bottle toss), shopped (fun store, lots of samples - fruit, dips, salsa), said hi to the animals (bunny, chicken, kitty) and then headed back to Spokane.

Got into town in time to rest, shower and get ready to attend Cheyenne's baptism. Cameron was now in town and came with Grandma Gramlow (as he had been playing earlier at the house with Cheyenne). Dakota baptized and John confirmed. Afterwards we all went to Otis Grill for dinner where we treated Cameron, Cheyenne and Brianna (in addition to the 3 of us). Afterwards everyone came to our house to eat Brianna's cupcakes and to meet back up with Donna.