We did it!

We've been back a few weeks from our wonderful honeymoon, after a fantastic wedding, dinner and reception at Pine River Ranch. We can't imagine a better site, a more beautiful day or a better crowd for such a momentous day -- and we had a wedding to remember. I think it's a tribute to everybody involved when the bride and groom can genuinely say that they had a wonderful time at their own wedding. We did. I've added a picture or two, and will post a link should we archive photos somewhere in the near future.

Map Details

See below for directions to South Restaurant, Pine River Ranch, and the Tubing Rendezvous. Disregard the top light aqua phantom placemark, it won't leave!


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Tubing Details

Please meet Annie and Kevin at Parkside Grocery at 11 am for a 3 hour tube on Friday. This is a nature float! Parkside Grocery is just north of the Pine River Ranch near the Lake Wenatchee State Park. See map above.

Fiesta at South

Please join Kevin, Annie and others for the fiesta before the Fiesta on Friday evening at South Restaurant (913 Front Street, Leavenworth, see map above). The wedding entourage will have a "quiet" dinner amongst themselves but the party on the deck will be open to everyone at 7 pm. Please come for a margarita and/or dinner.

The bride on her last turn!

Look out Walla Walla!

Friday River Float & Saturday Golf

If you're gearing up for a trip to Lake Wenatchee in mid-July, there's a lot going on in the outdoors. Plenty of hiking, swimming, golf, horse rides, Norweigian napping, or a river float we might interest you in.

Annie, Kevin and a few other brave souls will face down the not-so-mighty Wenatchee River on Friday from roughly 11:30am to 2pm. The trip is run by Tube Leavenworth, who supply the equipment, coolers, and ride back to our cars near Lake Wenatchee. Let us know if you're leaning that way, so we can give the company a rough headcount. Hope to see you there.

Saturday morning, starting bright and early at 9am, there will be some poor golf played at Kahler Glen. The course is located just a few short minutes from the wedding site and should allow ample time to get in 9 or 18 holes prior to the nuptuals. Let me know if you'd like to play.

The Date, The Place, Your Smiling Face

If you got a save the date in the mail, and managed to navigate here, you're well on your way to witnessing the Rumble on the Ranch, the Bash in the Barn and the Miracle at the Meadow, as Annie and Kevin make it official on the 18th of July at the Pine River Ranch near beautiful Lake Wenatchee and Leavenworth, WA.

You'll be receiving your official invite soon, but don't hesitate to book a room, house or campsite now. Lots of details on housing are found immediately below, at Places to Stay in Leavenworth/Lake Wenatchee.

We're getting more and more excited by the day to see everyone together, enjoying the good company of friends and family. It promises to be a fun, relaxed and high-spirited affair for young and old. Whoop whoop!

Places to Stay in Leavenworth/Lake Wenatchee Area

There are a bevy of places to plant yourself for a night or three while attending our wedding -- hotels and motels in and around Leavenworth -- the Bavarian-style village 15 minutes east of Lake Wenatchee. Rental houses, cabins, golf course condos and campgrounds in and around Lake Wenatchee & Plain, WA.

My future father-in-law, Prof. Gerry Philipsen, put together this thorough list of places and prices in Leavenworth:

There are many and varied places to stay in and around Leavenworth.
Here is a good sampling of them with contact info and approximate
pricing in peak season. Based on arrival July 17/departure July 19.
Staying in any of these would put you within .4 miles of the other members of the wedding party.

Best Western Icicle Inn (92 rooms & condo apts.)
www.icicleinn.com | 1-800-558-2438
approximately $180 per night (includes buffet breakfast)
505 Highway 2 (just outside downtown Leavenworth)
*10% discount for wedding attendees, available on all rooms. 20 room block held until June 17.

Obertal Inn (27 rooms & suites) | www.obertal.com
$139-$179 (includes continental breakfast)
922 Commercial Street
1-800-537-9382

Mrs. Anderson's Lodging House (10 rooms) | www.quiltersheaven.com
917 Commercial Street, across street from Obertal Inn
1-800-327-7212
$59-$127 per night (includes continental breakfast)
Some rooms for 2+ people. Located on the second floor of Leavenworth's
superb quilt shop

The Evergreen Inn (40 units; some multi-room) | www.evergreeninn.com
1117 Front Street | 1-800-327-7212
$79-$139
Close to the Obertal and Mrs. Anderson's Lodging House

Gasthaus Wunderbar (9 2-bedroom suites)
www.destinationleavenworth.com
downtown Leavenworth | 1-866-904-7368
approximately $400 per night for four people with 2

There are also multiple rental and campround listings in the more immediate vicinity of Lake Wenatchee:

Lk. Wenatchee Cabin & Vacation Rentals:
http://www.bluegrouse.com/html/lake_wenatchee_hide-a-ways__in.htm

Comfy Cabins:
http://www.comfycabins.com/

Lake Wenatchee State Park:
Reservations: https://secure.camis.com/WA/LakeWenatcheeStatePark
http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Lake+Wenatchee

Nason Creek Campground (closest to Pine River Ranch/ Does NOT accept reservations):
http://www.publiclands.org/explore/site.php?search=YES&back=Search%20Results&id=4864

Vacation Rentals By Owner Leavenworth:
http://www.vrbo.com/vacation-rentals/usa/washington/leavenworth

If you have more good ideas, don't hesitate to comment and we'll update this section as information becomes available. Thanks.

Mrs. Annie McGlocklin

If you are reading this on July 19, 2009, there just might be someone who answers by that name. That's because on July 18, 2009, Annie Philipsen and Kevin McGlocklin are tying the knot, and Annie, despite all of the reasons to the contrary, has graciously agreed to use my proud family name.

Anyway, check back here throughout the coming months for more information on places to stay in the Lake Wenatchee/Leavenworth, WA vicinity; activities there and around, wedding preparations news, and lots of articles of ambiguous utility from me.

Kevin & Annie Sitting in a Tree...

location all set!

This is the Pine River Ranch near Leavenworth. We're all set for July 18th there and can't wait. It is going to be so lovely.