So, the weekend of November 18, we were invited to spend the weekend with 3 other couples at a cabin in Leavenworth, Washington. You remember Leavenworth, right? I've only talked about it a MILLION times on this blog. The little sleepy bavarian village that Justin is from right at the base of the cascades? Yes, well. We are always looking for an excuse to get to this little mountain town and it was even better that we had a group of friends to go with- one of whom had a birthday that weekend.
We got off work around 2 on Friday and decided to start the trip off right by wine tasting! Ok, just kidding. We aren't really that lush. We actually had to go to our two wine clubs to pick up our fall deliveries. And one of the wine clubs (Dusted Valley, above) we had to taste to decide which bottles we wanted.
Above: Justin tasting wine. After another quick stop at Woodhouse (without tasting), we headed over the quite snowy pass (very unusual for mid-November). We made it to the cabin around 7pm where a competitive game of WII tennis was going on.
After Shauna and Erin beat the boys' butts at tennis, we bundled up and got out in the snow to walk a few blocks to town where we had dinner at south...complete with Justin's tequila flight.
After that, we headed to Icicle brewery where we played connect four. Yes, connect four. In a bar. It's quite fun. That night ended with more drinks at home and of course... the hottub party.
The next morning we woke up to snow! It was very cool. It was so snowy all day and I was completely enamoured. You would never have guessed that I grew up in the midwest and have ever seen snow in my life. I think there's just something magical about it- especially in the mountains. We bundled up again and headed in to town for breakfast at the cute little Renaissance cafe.
Above: a shot of the scenery we passed every day walking from the cabin into town. Gorgeous!
After shopping around town all morning, Justin and I decided to head out on a snowy hike. This would have been a great decision had I known that it was actually going to be 2+ hours and an actual workout. Then, I would have chosen NOT to wear my uggs. Bad planning. Above is a shot of Leavenworth from our hike and below are several more shots from our hike.
After slipping and sliding back down the mountain, we rolled in frozen and walked in to more WII action.
Eventually we made it to dinner at Visconti's where we met up with another couple who'd driven over from Seattle for the day. It was fabulous! We then meandered back to the cabin for more hot tubbing and a little bit of a dance party that I royally sucked at! The next morning, we had breakfast with the group again and then we all went our separate ways before heading back home. All in all, it was a fabulous weekend and hopefully it becomes an annual tradition. What was only 2-3 days, felt like a much needed mini-vacation!
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