While here we wanted to visit downtown Seattle so we drove downtown, grabbed one of those walking tour maps and off we went. One surprise we found was the Klondike National Park museum. It is situated in a renovated building in the middle of the city and has a great display about the Klondike gold rush. I would never have thought a building could be a National Park? After a couple of hours at the National Park we headed back to the car and on the way happened upon a pub called the "Fireman's Bar". We stopped for a late lunch and our day in Seattle was done - tomorrow we hit the road again to a town in Washington state called Leavenworth. (no not the jail)
Downtown Seattle
Klondike National Park Museum is in the Old Cadillac Hotel
Lunch and a Beer at the Fireman's Bar
In it's day Leavenworth was a bustling timber come railroad town but had to reinvent itself when the Great Northern Railway located to another town. The city struggled until 1962, when the Project LIFE (Leavenworth Improvement For Everyone) Committee was formed to transform the city into a mock Bavarian village to revitalize its economy and the tourism associated with this keeps the town alive.
As we could not get a RV park in town we decided to stay about 20 miles outside the town near Lake Wenatchee. This park was different and was in need of some TLC - it was once a "Resort" but not now. This is the first park where when we booked in and they said "just go find a spot and let us know which one you picked"! In essence it is not a bad idea but this park had narrow, dusty roads low hanging branches etc - not what you want when pulling a big trailer.
Our New Spot Amongst The Trees
Leavenworth is a very touristy place, in fact I was surprised how much so. Parking was limited and you even had to pay for it in this little "quiet" town. As a tourist town it had it all including a cuckoo clock shop and of course a fudge shop. We had lunch at a restaurant called Baren Haus - sounded German but the name was about all that was. They did have German style food but it was no where near authentic. We ordered and it was on the table within 5 minutes. It was obviously pre prepared and we left very disappointed. The town itself is very well done and we can just imagine what it would look like in winter with a covering of snow.
The Beautiful Drive Into Leavenworth Followed the River
Very Bavarian in the State of Washington
German Beer for One
We finished our time in the area with a few drives to see the countryside which really was beautiful. Our time in "little" Germany was done. We headed further east to Glacier National Park with a two day stop over in the town of Coeur D' Alene in the state of Idaho.
Although Coeur D' Alene was only a stopover point we were pleasantly surprised at the sheer beauty of this area. We needed a new brake controller fitted to the truck and were told that the best place in town to get it done was no other than RnR's RV centre!
We Own an RV Sales and Service Centre. Who Would Have Thought!
The RV Park we stopped at was very nice and we could have spent more time there but as we had already made a booking at Glacier we had to move on.
This Park had a Lakeside Beach
On the way back from RnRs RV Centre (its got a nice ring to it hasn't it?) we saw the road side sign for Cabela's which is a huge outdoor shop. This is the Bunnings of the outdoor world. Apart from the obvious gun counter they have a "gun" library for the really unique stuff and yes you can buy a replica civil war cannon for the price of $9,000-00. I was informed they sell two a year on average. I asked about loading it and was told "put some black powder in then anything else you want to fire. Gotta love America!
Next stop is Glacier National Park another place we had been told so much about and as an added bonus it is right near Whitefish Montana our home address in the USA so we will finally get to see where we "live".
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