Summer Weekend

After a hectic week full of interviews and job stress, we needed a fun weekend, and luckily the weather obliged and was absolutely gorgeous. Saturday, we went for a drive just to see what was around and scope out some hiking and camping spots for future use. We were enjoying the drive so much we ended up going all the way to Leavenworth, a mountain town that's a Bavarian village about 2 hours away. We arrived in time to hear a guy play a cool, long Alpine horn. 

 Of course, in a german town, we had to have cured meats for lunch. Mike had a bockwurst and Jack and I had kielbasa sandwiches and a very yummy soft pretzel with cheese fondue.  The restaurant had about 30 different kinds of mustard to use on your sandwiches. I tried pineapple mustard and a thai chili mustard (too hot!). Mike had Dusseldorf mustard (no idea what that means) and a horseradish mustard (very spicy!). And of course, he also had a german beer.

 We also went to the park both Saturday and Sunday so that Jack could play at the Splash Park.

 We got this neat trailer used off Craigslist so that Jack can ride behind my bike. It's taken 3 weeks of tears to get him used to and liking the trailer and helmet. He was really scared of the bike at first, but the biggest issue what that he hated wearing the helmet. However, after a few tries, he's decided he likes it. We've been using it to go back and forth to the park.

 Sunday, we also went for a hike. We meant to go to a park that has beach access, but it turns out the beach is a 1.25 mile hike on a steep trail. We went about 1/2 mile down and the trail was getting rough for Jack. I continued on by myself to the end, and then came back for Mike and Jack who played in the creek while they waited for me. The trip back up was rough because it was steeply uphill!

Overall, it was a very enjoyable weekend, and a good break from all the other stuff that's been going on. Tomorrow, I have to make phone calls and probably sign papers for a job, and turn down the others offer. It's been really hard to decide which job to take.  Oh well...the choice is made for better of worse.