Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aside from tourists, the main industry now around Leavenworth is agriculture, mainly fruit orchards. Much of the immediate land is not being taken up by houses and motels, but not far from town, and in the surrounding towns, fruit is king. Many larger fruit stands are selling their wares, but I ran cross this one that really suited me. It was a self service fruit stand. You filled up your bags or boxes, then deposited the money in the slot, and you were good to go. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2026.jpg.html The sign tells you what to do. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html There is another sign that says you need to sample before you buy. Grab some fruit and give it a try. This reminds me of when we were first married and moved to the small Eastern Washington town of Odessa, in the middle of wheat country. Down the road between Soap Lake and Ephrata there was a dairy and it was self service. Even more so than this fruit stand. You would go in at any hour (we usually hit it about 9PM on our way back home from Seattle), grab the milk, cream or butter you wanted, then left your money. It had the change and money just sitting out and you made your own change. Best milk. All in glass, so you returned your old bottles or paid a deposit on new ones. This was the late 70?s and early 80?s. Times sure have changed. Aram Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson