Overcast today, but pleasant. After packing the car we headed off to the Gettysburg Soldiers Cemetery. The cemetaries and other war sites are so well looked after and I certainly felt very save whilst wandering around. From there we went to the visitors center to buy a book. I got to sit with Lincoln!!
We then headed off to Lancaster which is Amish country. We drove through some of the Amish towns – Bird in Hand, Paradise and Intercourse before heading back to Lancaster and we booked into the Canadian Motor Inn. After unpacking we then headed off to Dieners Country Diner for lunch. It was a buffet and again some of the people eating there were a cause for us to have a good laugh!! We then headed off to the “Kitchen Kettle Village” in a town called Intercourse. Their village sign is the most stolen sign in the USA – I wonder why?? We wandered around all the little shops and then took a drive through the countryside. What a stunning place. It was so nice to see the open fields with farm animals in them as well as all the vegetable fields. The Amish still use their horse drawn buggies to get them around and also the implements used on the farm for ploughing etc .are drawn by horses. It was also strange to see their washing hanging on long lines outside in their gardens.
We headed back to our motel and Doug, Sue and I went to see a typical Amish Farm and House. It really was very interesting to see how the Amish live. We then headed off to do some shopping at a nearby mall. When I arrived back at the motel the sight that greeted me was Doug and Dereck drinking beers and in the room was a fridge full of more beers!! I think they were having withdrawal symptoms as some of the counties we have been in have been dry and no alcohol has been served in the eating establishments we have been to!! We took a walk to a country restaurant a block or so down the road from our motel for supper and enjoyed the walk back again afterwards.
Michelle signing off ….
I see the Woollies top came in very handy. Mine works like a dream for spinning ... just perfect! So glad we got it. I can just imagine the intercouse sign being popular for stealing ... ha ha ha Looking forward to seeing you creating a layout about the Amish.
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