It was hot, over 100 degrees F. But it was cool, we were in a town that all the buildings were made to replicate Bavaria, the Alps: Alp-style paint, construction, restaurants, gift shops, hotels, even a Bavarian-style May Pole in the town square, shown here. If you get a chance to make the trip--it's a little out of the way--it's entirely worth it. (Click on the thumbnail for more detail) Leavenworth, Washington; August, 2009.