Mid-Winter Break and a trip to Leavenworth

The kids had a one week mid-winter break from school and we decided to go somewhere instead of sitting around at home. During Christmas break we wanted to go sledding, but our favorite sledding hill (Hyak at Snoqualmie) was closed due to lack of snow.  By February, and mid-winter break, there was finally snow. The Olivers invited us to join them at the Sleeping Lady Resort in Leavenworth, where there was lots of snow! We stayed for one night, then went sledding at Lake Wenatchee the next day.

The resort is a few minutes outside of downtown Leavenworth, tucked up against mountains and surrounded by trees.

The kids didn't want to wait until the next day to go sledding, so they built their own sledding hill right next to our rooms.

Yes, that is a very steep drop-off!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Resort had a big recreation room with a pool table, ping-pong, and children's puppet theater, so after sledding we hung out in there for a while before we went out to eat pizza at Rudloof's.  That was about as Bavarian as we could convince the kids to go!

After filling ourselves with pizza, we went back to the resort and played games (including a few intense rounds of Werewolf, in which Kylie unintentionally called Elisa a "stupid werewolf", and several crazy games of Spoons) in the Oliver's room until it was time for bed.  

After a leisurely morning, we set out to find Lake Wenatchee State Park, where we heard there was a good sledding hill. When we got there, the kids were under-impressed by the size of the hill, but they were all good sports and made the best of it.  

It was definitely more fun if everyone went together!

We decided Charles looked like a Storm Trooper!

 

 

Lake Wenatchee is beautiful in the winter and has several miles of groomed cross country skiing trails.  I would love to go back and try skiing. 

 

After sledding for a few hours, we ate a picnic lunch of whatever food and snacks we had in the car.  Yes, you can call carrots and Teddy Grahams lunch!  The Olivers headed back home and we went on to Ellensburg to see our friends the Reynolds.