Ewok Adventure

How was the trip? I was asked by one of my California relatives, who I recently connected with for a holiday viewing of the Nutcracker by the San Francisco Ballet. “We are calling it the Ewok Adventure,” I stated. She looked at me, puzzled.

Have you ever heard of a town called, Leavenworth? It’s a cute little Bavarian town that is located just outside of East Wentachee. Every weekend there is something to do. We decided to take dad on an outing there as a sort of grand finale to our Wenatchee visit. It was in Leavenworth that I picked up my "ewok" wrap.

The story about the wrap is worth mentioning. We were shopping under the big white tent in the Leavenworth town square when I stumbled upon a table with about a dozen of various types of faux fur hoodies. Wanting to support the town’s economy, I asked the salesman how much for the mitten and hood combination wrap. He said they were $20 including tax. This caused me to think they must have been handmade, I guess because of the round figure, so I asked another question. Did you make these?

He stated that he did. It was a tipping point for me and I grabbed a twenty out of my wallet and thrust it at the guy. “Sold.” I said.  I put it on, modeled for a picture and basically looked silly for most of the Washington trip (hence the title, Ewok Adventure). After I bought it though, I noticed a tag up near the top of the hooded part. I thought it might say something about who made the wrap. I usually cut out tags. I find them uncomfortable and annoying, but since it was handmade, I considered allowing the tag to remain intact.

Much later after a long day of shopping and merry making I couldn’t resist taking out the scissors and cutting off that tag - feeling a little sad for the person who had put in the time to sew it on, but justified in my hatred for tags in general. I looked closer for a name, thinking I might keep it as a memento. The label read, Made in China.