Monthly Archives: August 2013
WA Midsummer Renaissance Faire
Nick and I went to the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire today. While it’s definitely not as nice as the Michigan Renaissance Festival, it only opened in 2010 and it’s been growing every year. The Renaissance Faire is held in a huge open field in Bonney Lake, about an hour south of Seattle. Nick and I … Continue reading
Trip to Leavenworth
On Tuesday and Wednesday, I went to Leavenworth with Grandma and her sister, Martha Sue. Leavenworth is a Bavarian town just over 2 hours east of Seattle, on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains. For you Michiganders, it’s a lot like Frankenmuth, only a bit smaller and there’s no gigantic Bronner’s Christmas store. 😉 I … Continue reading
Big Four Ice Caves
Nick and I had a mini vacation over the weekend at my grandparents’ beautiful log cabin about an hour away. The cabin is on a lake and it’s quiet and pretty isolated; Nick and I don’t even get phone service up there, so we were off the grid all weekend. We invited Amanda and our … Continue reading