EWA Road Trip – Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival

Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival
Report by Clay Graham / Eastern Washington Adventures

On Sunday December 18th, 2011 Eastern Washington Adventures members met up at the München Haus in Leavenworth Washington for our annual Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival get together. We had lunch then head out to see things around town. Around 4:30 PM we gathered in font of the gazebo for the main event, the lighting of the town. Great family fun. The day was a lot of fun thanks to the people of Leavenworth that put so much work into making the Christmas Lighting Festival happen.

My family stayed Sunday and Monday nights at the Evergreen Inn so we could enjoy what Leavenworth has to offer through Tuesday afternoon. The kids had fun sledding and shopping. I enjoyed the places you can eat and drink.

We want to thank all the people that came out to this Eastern Washington Adventures get together.

Merry Christmas to all!

Below are the pictures of our Leavenworth Adventure:

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A nice guy at the Evergreen Inn took this picture of us.
Ceg, 99, Doc, Odo, Charlie & Monster.
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My family with Woody Goomsba
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The München Haus where we met up.
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TJ40 ordering a beer.
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Doc and Odo keeping warm.
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99 coming with the kid drinks.
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TJ40’s family.
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The new Icicle Brewery.
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Awesome outdoor heat.
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From the upstairs seating looking down at the bar.
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Kid drinks.
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Where they make the beer.
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Walking toward the main part of the town.
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People having fun.
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I saw one of the Shindig Wheelers 4×4 Club members with his family there.
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Check out the look on this lady’s face when Jeff grabbed Odo since he wouldn’t come.
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Carolers.
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TJ40’s family having fun.
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The main event. The Christmas lighting ceremony.
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The kids sledding.
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I headed to The Loft for lunch.
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Lunch at The Loft was very good.

Taking a walk around Leavenworth.
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Tuesday

We check out of our motel and took a drive. On the way we saw this big suit of armor.
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We stopped at Bistro Espresso before heading back to do some shopping.
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The kids wanted a picture with the goats.
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I bought a growler full of Lokal Lager from Icicle Brewery to take back home.

We took a drive out to Lake Wenatchee State Park before heading back home to Selah.

This was a great family vacation.

Go Play!

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The Loft

The Loft
Report by Clay Graham / Eastern Washington Adventures

During my vacation in Leavenworth Washington for the 2011 Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival get together I found a great place to hang out at for some adult time. It is called “The Loft“. It is located in the heart of Leavenworth upstairs in the Village Pharmacy building at 815 Front Street, Leavenworth, WA 98826. They offer a full bar and a large selection of European and micro brews a long with good food, live entertainment, karaoke, dancing and Foosball. Open until 2 AM daily.

I will make sure I stop in at “The Loft” whenever I am in Leavenworth. You should too! The Loft 1

Here are a few pictures of “The Loft”:

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Great drinks and food!
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Thank you to “The Loft” management for the great service and hospitality!

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Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival

2011 Leavenworth Christmas Lighting Festival Video

Every year Leavenworth, Washington has 3 weekends in December where they hold Christmas Lighting Ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday. This is a great time for the whole family.

Note:These clips are only a small part of the Festival. For more info please visit http://www.leavenworth.org

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Eastern Washington Adventures Annual Christmas Party

Eastern Washington Adventures Annual Christmas Party
Report & photos by Clay Graham / Eastern Washington Adventures

On Saturday December 17, 2011 we had our annual Christmas Party for the Eastern Washington Adventures members at the Club House in Selah.

Here are a few pictures of the good time we had:

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PHOTOS > Eastern Washington Off Road: 2011 Christmas Tree Backroads Trip

Christmas Tree Backroads Trip
Hosted by Eastern Washington Off Road/Graham Family Farm

Report and photos by Clay Graham / CegPics.com

About 10 AM on Saturday December 3rd, 2011 we met up at Oak Creek Ace Hardware for the annual Eastern Washington Off Road Christmas Tree Backroads Run. Pacific Northwest Backroads Adventures joined us. On this day we had five Fords (Demontang, Demontang’s Dad, Havo, Jerry & Ceg) and one Jeep (Alan).

We convoyed west on US12 past Rimrock Lake. We turned off on Tieton Road and drove past Clear Lake to FS1207. FS1207 had a snow berm blocking the road so we could not get Christmas trees there this year.

We headed on around Rimrock Lake. The road was very slick. One part was iced over and Demontang slid side ways. We turn up FS1000 to go look for Christmas trees. A few miles in we stopped because Demontang seen a good area to go look for trees. Demontang found out his 4 wheel drive did not work. He said he could fix it.

Havo went up the road to a flatter area. A few of us moved up to where he was. Havo’s and Alan’s families found the themselves nice Christmas trees. Once they had their Christmas trees tied down we headed back to where Demontang and his dad were.

Once the group was together we headed out. Half the rigs went home. Demontang, Demontang’s Dad and I (Ceg) stopped near the end of FS1000 to let the kids sled for awhile.

This was a very fun day thanks to all who came.

Here are some pictures I took of the day:

At FS1207 talking about finding another place to get Christmas trees since there is a snow berm blocking the road .
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Headed on around Rimrock Lake.
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The road was iced over.
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Turning onto FS1000.
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A few miles in we stopped because Demontang seen a good area to go look for trees.
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Demontang found out his 4 wheel drive did not work. He said he could fix it.
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The kids played.
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The snow ball target was “Monster”.
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Havo went up the road to a flatter area. A few of us moved up to where he was.
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Havo’s family dragging up their Christmas tree. Monster helping.
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Alan’s family bring up their Christmas tree.
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Jerry was checking on both groups.
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We headed back to where Demontang and his dad were.
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Heading out.
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Demontang, Demontang’s Dad and I (Ceg) stopped near the end of FS1000 to let the kids sled for awhile.
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Demontang going for it!
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This was a very fun day thanks to all who came.

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