Leavenworth + Wenatchee

Being in Seattle, my German experience comes mainly through pubs like Von Trapps, Die Bierstube and their delicious sausage variety to wash down with cold and brilliantly crafted beer selection!

But if you really want to brush up on German you learnt in school or celebrate oktoberfest like a German (sorta :P), Leavenworth is just stone's throw away (2+ hours to be little more specific!). It's a cozy Bavarian town close to abundantly gorgeous Wenatchee lake, all makes it a perfect weekend getaway!

This being my dad's first weekend in the USA, I thought I would show him something that reminds him of his roots - naturally rich coastal villages in Konkan, India! We decided to rent a cabin for Friday and Saturday night and drive there on Friday evening!

En route we stopped at 59er diner - a cozy western diner that takes you back in the times of jukeboxes, Elvis Presley and Cadillacs! Lovely service and convenient hours (we're open until we have customers, says a cheeky young gal serving us!)  After sumptuous servings of fries, rings, fish, chips, burgers and what not; we had hard time resisting a homemade apple crisp topped with Vanilla!

Wall of fame!

I got that off-black Cadillac, midnight drive... 

Pretty woman..

Touché

Off we head to our cabin just after it's dark! A three story chocolate colored wooden house that opens into the lake through brushing pines. This is going to be good!, I said. Tired by the hectic post-work long drive, coupled with slowly setting food coma, I hit  a comfy bunk bed!

[Next day morning]
Dad: Wake up! there's  a rainbow!
Me: (half opening my eyes) What? Let me sleep dad, it's Saturday morning!
Dad: And it's reflecting on water, maybe there's couple of them. Doesn't happen everyday.. 
Me: What now? 

I woke up pinching myself twice so as to make sure this is not one of those half-asleep morning stupors. Then bolted barefeet towards the lake..

Serene waters, shimmering morning sunshine through the greens and yellows on the other side of the lake, a hill half-covered in cotton clouds/snow! A magnificent double arch reflecting on the Wenatchee lake showing the best of the color palettes nature has to offer!

Makes you believe in magic!

As the magic wore off, I looked around just to be amazed maybe one more time..

Floating houses, magical rainbows!

After a home cooked breakfast (something I got after long time!); we forced ourselves to head to the Bavarian village we came all the way to see! After usual tourist errands, checking out Bavarian folk performances and indulging on some quality sausage and beer selection at Leavenworth Sausage Garten (best I've had so far); we decided head back to the quieter surroundings!

Pick your poison! 

Origin of yodelling..

A park in Leavenworth..

Cousin: Oh look, there's a rowboat!
Me: Alright then, we know what to do now!

How I thought it was going to be:

How it really was, which was honestly pretty f$#%g good!

I'm on a boat!

As if that was not enough. I decided to dip in the freezing cold waters! Bad idea, bad f%##%g idea, is all I remember from that!

A cabin weekend is incomplete without a hearty barbecue. So we obliged.

Men. Fire. Food.

This was all enough to put me to sleep like a baby. Next day, before heading back we decided to check out the other end of lake Wenatchee. It's a lake or a seashore? I thought.

It's a lake. It's a beach. It is both!

As you can see, the getaway was awesome enough to make me write about it immediately after coming back!