It really does look like a winter Wonderland.
I really try to avoid using that term,
but you know, when you look at this live
picture of Leavenworth it is so beautiful.
But the record breaking snowfall in the
city has left travelers stranded with no
way of leaving this picture perfect town.
We came to Leavenworth,
WA for an after holiday getaway
and within 12 hours we were in
the middle of the biggest no
storm they've had in 25 years.
Brittany Clark Hargreaves
and Cory Hargreaves.
Romantic getaway to the famous
Christmas town when the Snow
storm extended the vacation
just a couple extra days.
Brittany, who is from Olympia,
took to Tik T.O.K to show off
the incredible scene and now
her video has gone viral.
It's gotten over 1,000,000 views,
so of course we had to invite Brittany
and her husband Cory onto the show
to talk about their adventure.
And they're now viral video to
good morning to both of you.
Morning good morning like I
gotta ask what is it like to have
a video like that go viral?
It was so
random. UM, we're not tick talkers
and so we were bored because we were
stuck and just decided to tell a
little story and it was like the next
day it was like wow this is getting
a lot of views and it just blew up.
But yeah, it's it's been fun. Yeah,
go ahead we were stuck in the hotel and
then we seen that it got like 300,000 and
then 350,000 and it just kept going up.
So what's it been like there?
What was your schedule supposed
to be and how? How's it been?
Sort of hunkering down?
Yeah, so we were supposed to be there
for three nights and we got there
the night that the storm started.
So our main goal was really just to get
across the path because we travel across
the path all the time through the winter.
And we know that these storms
come and they'll close down.
You know, overnight or something
and Leavenworth get snow,
so we expected it.
But when we got there that night
the locals were chattering that
this is going to be a big storm
and so we kind of thought Oh no
why didn't we get ourselves into?
We should worry when the locals start
to get worried and we were like retro.
Extended our stay by two nights,
but we stayed at the Alvin door and
they took care of us. They let us
stay as long as we needed. Yeah,
they comped us they they didn't
charge us for those extra days which.
Yeah, they didn't charge us,
which wasn't normal.
We talked to another couple and not
only did they charge that other couple,
not alpendorf another hotel,
they charge them the weekend or 8,
even though everybody
canceled their reservation.
So rainy and Jesse over alpendorf man,
they they really took care of us and we
are super super grateful for them. And
whatever leaf. Yeah,
OK, so you were able to finally get out
obviously back home in Olympia now.
Last night late last night,
you got home sleeping in
your own bed. How did you get
there? Back to Olympia? Did you have
to go all the way South? Obviously no.
So the past is opened up late last evening
and so we let they wanted some of the
freight traffic to go through first,
so we allowed that to happen and then
we drove home later the evening so we
went down through, blew it and over
through Snoqualmie and they were.
The roads were good and safe.
And so we we think.
For.
Scary I was driving.
Well, hopefully you'll have a
chance to come back to leaven
worth and be able to experience
it in a way that you didn't get a
chance to because of the snowstorm.
I'm assuming you were just
sort of stuck inside.
You can't really do much when
you've got good fun it was.
It was a good trip.
You had a great time.
All the locals
were so friendly and I think
everybody there was just embracing
the moment of being stuck in a
winter Wonderland. And it was fun.
It was one for the books.
Yeah it was. And now you are.
Tick tock stars, so we'll just have
to keep ride that wave as well.
Thanks you too.
Thanks you too for being with us.
Glad you're safe to what it experience.
Thank you so much.