Leavenworth!

This past weekend I visited Leavenworth with a few friends. We were going over to celebrate my friends birthday. My best friend Mauro Bozzo is employed over the summer at the Leavenworth Summer Theatre and is staying in an apartment over the summer with 3 other students from all over Washington that are also in the shows that he is in. He is in 3 shows, and is the lead in two of them. One of his roommates is another student at Western and she was in a few classes with me so I knew her pretty well. I braced the three and a half hour drive with my friend Gabe who also knows Mauro and we set out Friday night. Mauro was busy during the day Saturday and Sunday with rehearsals so Gabe and I would take advantage of those free hours and explore Leavenworth. Little to our knowledge, Eastern Washington is very different than the "westside" when it comes to weather. Saturday at 10 a.m. it was already 101 degrees and the temperature was still rising. We explored almost every shop and restaurant within two days while coming home and relishing in the air conditioned apartment. One hour outside was like a workout. We came home exhausted from the heat after having barely done anything all day. But in the end it was very fun and exciting to be exploring something completely new. On Monday, it was Mauro's birthday so Gabe, Mauro, and his three roommates all joined me in spending four hours on the river tubing. After tubing we all went to dinner and had a few drinks and laughs. Later that night after a few hours of game cube and jenga Gabe and I headed home for we both had class in the morning. After everything this weekend, I walked away with memories, smiles, and a sunburn that is killer.