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Article: Stretch your legs and see the flip side of Leavenworth.(NWWeekend)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
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- October 29, 2009
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Byline: Brian J. Cantwell; Northwest Weekend Editor
So, you love sauerbraten, shopping and alphorns? Leavenworth is for you.
Or, you love mountain biking, mountain streams and fresh air? Leavenworth can be for you, too.
On our recent visit, while my wife shopped away the afternoon, I set out to find non-Bavarian diversions in this town that has obsessed since the 1960s with remaking itself as a Bavarian village.
My first stop was to rent a mountain bike ($20 for an afternoon from Der Sportsmann, 837 Front St., www.dersportsmann.com; or Das Rad Haus, 1207 Front St., www.dasradhaus.com).
My finds included:
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