Lancaster County was not far from Carlisle so we did not get an early start. That seems to be our usual story on moving day. We had an uneventful trip and beat the rain to Roamers Retreat Campground in Kinzer. We stayed here in 2009 on our way to Maine and Vermont. This is beautiful farm land and very interesting to see how the Amish live and work.
One thing I did notice was the area has increased in non-Amish population with many new houses and much more traffic. I hate to see that, but I suppose that is progress. I am not sure how that will affect the Amish people and their lifestyle. We can see it is more dangerous for them to have their carts on the road with all the traffic.
We made several stops at different farms who specialized in different foods. We made three stops at one farm during our stay in the area, buying pies for $4 and $4.50, and a loaf of bread for $.75. At another farm we bought a dozen brown, free range chicken eggs for $1.50. There were so many beautiful gardens.
We had good weather although it did rain several days and we needed to use the heater a night or two. I am not complaining. The rain caused our pictures not to be as good as we would have liked.
Strasburg had a train museum which was closed the day we were there, but we did get some pictures.
Across the road was this. Does anyone remember these?
The main transportation for the Amish is horse and carriage and horses and mules plow the fields.
The children have scooters, non-motorized. They were offering buggy rides for hire. Some of the areas had rubber mats for the horses to stand on while they tied to hitching posts outside businesses. Walgreens even had a hitching post. Most of the roads are paved now so I am sure that is hard on the horses hooves and legs.
Since we are such patriotic people, we felt we should patronized the Amish eating establishments. We were not disappointed in the quality or quantity of the meals. We also stopped in an Amish furniture store. If we had had enough room, I would have bought the most comfortable glider/rocker I have sat in and it was so well made.
The Amish people work hard and have long hours. The children help out in the work, too. All of the people we talked with were very nice and friendly and seemed very happy.
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