More Washington

After cruising the Olympic Peninsula, we drove a quick 70 miles to Sequim, WA. We stayed a single night on October 6th at Rainbows End RV Park. It was just a stopover point so that we didn't have to drive to far, but it was well worth it. Sequim has a really quaint little downtown area filled with amazing little shops.

It was here that I discovered the joy that is the affogato at Hurricane Coffee. As a coffee lover, I don't know how this has been hidden from me for so long. But I'm seriously happy to have been introduced. Two shots of espresso over a scoop of ice cream - genius!

You are my life now

I didn't get any treats :(

From Sequim, we headed down the western side of Puget Sound another 80 miles. We spent a long weekend, Friday to Monday, at Gig Harbor RV Resort in ... Gig Harbor. This is another super cute little town. The little downtown area is right on the harbor and is full of great little shops too.

We mostly had a quiet weekend, it rained a lot and it was kind of nice to just relax. We did drive over to meet up with family at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma though. Not only did we get to meet our newest niece, but this museum is seriously worthwhile. The place is filled with amazing pieces of art there, and we got to watch a live demonstration. We really enjoyed it!

Family is the best

Can I take these home? Please?

After Gig Harbor, we had a long(er) drive, 161 miles over to Alpine View RV Park in Leavenworth, WA. This stay is the actual reason we even headed up to Washington. We had made reservations many, many months before - which is not at all usual for us. But we have been trying to go to the Leavenworth Oktoberfest for years, but lodging sells out in the spring. Plus, we met up with our Michigan traveling buddies Green Heart Adventures who we hadn't seen since the first of May.

Okotoberfest isn't the only thing in this area though, the town itself is adorable, and the surrounding area is gorgeous. We decided to do a short hike on Tuesday afternoon. The Icicle Gorge View Trail is a little 2 miler that should be easy with 6 kids in tow. What we actually ended up doing though? Was the Icicle Gorge LOOP - which ended up being a FIVE mile hike. Oops. The kids survived and it was gorgeous.

See? Gorgeous

Most of the week it rained. And rained. And rained. So, we didn't do a whole lot. I did have a chance to walk into town from the RV park and snapped a pic off the bridge.

Not to shabby

Friday night, the festivities began. We hopped the free shuttle and went down to partay! Okay, so we just went to listen to some music, have a few beers and check it out. What can I say, we're not in our 20s anymore :)

Prost!

Goofy kids

Saturday is the big day for Oktoberfest - a big parade and the keg tapping ceremony. But it was still raining so much that the parade was cancelled. They had one sad little wagon go the parade route. Here it is in all its glory:

Woohoo!