While the boys were off in the mountains, Lona and I cleaned the house, ran errands and then went to Leavenworth.  Leavenworth is a cute little town nestled in the mountains.  The twist is that it has a very european flavor to it.  Our original plan was to go to the public swimming pool but we arrrived too late.  From 4 to 5 pm it is open to seniors only.  Then it doesn't open back up until 7pm.  Well that really didn't work for us.  We arrived at my friend Becky's house just as she was getting home.  We visited and then went for a walk around the river.  Again our plan was thorted due to the river park being closed because of bear activity there.  But it was nice for Lona who brought her bike to ride.  We went to dinner and had a wonderful time eating and talking.  Lona joined us in the conversation and Ben and Becky didn't seem to mind.  In fact Ben asked if my kids were always like that at dinner in restaurants.  The kids are more used to eating at McDs or Subway but they can behave in a restaurant where they are expected to participate in the conversation and we aren't leaving before 1 1/2 hours.  They invited us to come and crash at their house for the lighting ceremony around Christmas time.  I think we might just do that.  I've always wanted to and we could bring our skis/snowboards too.  The next day, Lona and I got up, biked around the town had breakfast and took off for home.  We stopped at a couple of easy hike/walk trails and learned about the railroad and the terrain for homesteaders.  We arrived home, put our stuff away and got ready for our trip to Cannon Beach while waiting for the guys to return.

Quand les garcons faison du camping, Lona et moi nettoyons la maison, faisons les course et allons a Leavenworth.  C'est un petite village au montagne qui semble en village dans les Alpes.  J'ai un ami qui habite la.  Nous pensons de nauger au piscine la mais c'est overt seulment pour l'age entre 4 et 5 heure l'apres midi et ouvert pour les gens encoure entre 7 et 8 heure du soir.  Ca ne marche pas pour nous.  Alors nous arrivons chez Becky a le meme temps d'elle et nous prennons un promenade a tour de la riviere.  Le promenade etait ferme au cause d'un ors.  Nous allons au dinner avec mes amis et parler.  Ben demande si mes enfants sont toujours polite comme ca au restaurant.  Oui, on le prevoit.  Ils nous invitent de revenir pour le celebration du lumier en decembre.  Le lendemain, nous prennons notre velos pour un tour de la village.  Quand nous retournons chez nous, nous quittons quelques place pour faire des promenade dans les montagne.  C'est un bon visite avec mes amis.