First Day of Fall 2018

I love Fall.
When possible I like to do something fun for the 1st day of Fall. For 2018 we drove East to Leavenworth. The entire drive
looks like this ...
One of my favorite scenes when driving near mountains is seeing low clouds over the mountains.

The entire scene in Leavenworth is pretty. They have pretty hanging plants and flowers throughout the village. It's just a cozy place especially during Christmastime.

We are constantly looking for four/five start restaurants and bakeries/cafes/pastry shops. I mean, we are known to drive long distances just to eat at a good restaurant or pick up a few pastries. It was our first time going inside The Gingerbread Factory. I love buttercream frosting the best so when I saw they had cookies with buttercream on them I was excited. I got that heart sugar cookie with vanilla frosting, and Jacob got a gingerbread cookie with gingerbread frosting ... and boy, that one was so good! We concluded that we would definitely stop by this place whenever we would visit Leavenworth.

People bring along their dogs. Jacob and Riley will stop to pet them. Great Danes are such interesting dogs. I would totally get one if I had the space and money because I'm pretty sure these giant dogs eat A LOT!

Every building in the village is neat looking.

I was observing the details on each building and noticed several Bible verses on one particular building. I thought that was interesting. I couldn't find any history on why the Bible verses were stenciled on there though.
The one of the left says: 2 Corinthians 5:1
                            For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.  (NLT)

The one on the left says: John 14:2
                             There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? (NLT)

You can also pay for a horse drawn carriage ride which takes you around the village.

I don't think there's a time when Leavenworth is not busy. We have yet to find a good restaurant here, I guess we'll just have to keep searching.

There is a creek and a trail a short distance away from the village. It's a nice escape from the crowds.

Raining on our way out of Leavenworth. Visiting Leavenworth once Winter arrives can be treacherous especially driving through the Pass. You have to make sure you have chains. I hope we never get stranded out in that kind of weather.

A purposeful life is not lived in haste.