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| *Produce and Fruit* |
I kinda liked it... pleasant place to walk around... even if you don't know just what to call it...
A big lawn where travelers stop to play croquet??? and the fruit stand... Just an odd, yet beautiful place...
On the map they call the area Coles Corner.
A few miles east of here, on the dry side of the Cascades, is a lil' town called Leavenworth, Washington. Sometime past, somebody got the idea to build Bavaria in the Cascades. Having been there (Bavaria), I'm not sure they nailed it... but... it's got a pretty good flavor of it.
But... as far as strollin' around a town is concerned, it makes for a decent place... while She shops...
Leastways, if you like the sight of such things...
Now, Christmas is another Shopping Day I've come to look on with pretty jaundiced eyes...
Take a good thing and squeeze all the dollars out of it you can...
Well, in this lil' dislocated bit of Bavaria they've got a Christmas store... called Kringle, or some such...
ALL it sells is Christmas Ornaments and doo dadds...
The middle of July, they're squeezin' dollars out of christmas...
So, of course, she was needful of lookin' in there for a doo dadd for the granddaughter, for this years gimme day... but... couldn't get it done... $70 is a lil' rich for a christmas tree ornament... ain't it?
Though... I did see one bit of ornamentation that might lay claim to the argument for 'em... that it ain't all corporate greed :)
... maybe it's not as bad as it seems? :)
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| *Bridge from a whacked out world... to the REAL world* |
To the south of town is the antidote for commercial overdoses... a wilderness area... and a couple of bridges leading to it...
The name of the Wilderness escapes me at the moment... as well as the name of the river... but who cares for names anyway...
It's not names floating in my mind... as the "Waters Haunt me..."
Today, we'll roll back for a place just a touch north of Spokane, and an agility dog trial... then... it's south for a Yellowstone Fall...
... I think...
"Just a man, free on the earth"
Brian
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3 comments:
THe produce stand is great.
It takes a certain kind of person to appreciate Leavenworth. Good food at high prices. But the area around it in Wenatchee NF and along the Icicle is breathtaking.
Well Shoot..If I'd known you were up Icicle Crick I'd have wandered down from Entiat with a couple of cold Flat Tires....Maybe one of these days.
Upriverdavid
Hey Brian, glad you got to visit Leavonworth. Its a pretty place, and best left as a 'looky Lew' kind of place. I enjoy it as such. If those people who run the stores ever make any money, its gotta be from people who have DEEP pockets. There are several campgrounds along Icicle Creek, of which we have been. Woodsy and a river runs thru it! Cindy
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