Amish Country
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Jul 13, 2008
Travelling vacations are not that restful so today we enjoyed a sleep in which meant we left our hotel in Philly pretty late in the day. We had unpacked our whole car so that we could travel around with the Abbotts, so it took us awhile to get it all back in. By "us", I really mean Bryce. He is such a hard worker and a master at the puzzle our car presents in trying to get all our luggage and paraphenalia in it. He succeeded and we left!!We drove about and hour to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania which is Amish country. My family roots on the Brenneman side are traced back to this area. I was pretty excited about visiting the area and seeing where my ancestors moved to from Europe. The scenery is so pretty - it's rural and hilly and just so pretty. Really different than the wooded areas of Pennsylvania and Virginia, but still pretty.
We had lunch at an Amish restaurant which was fun. I enjoyed trying to explain to Michael and Laura where the Amish/Mennonites came from so it was a trip down church history lane a bit. As it was a Saturday there were lots of Amish functions happening around the place which was fun to see. One house was having a big party it looked like. It is kind of funny though as people are looking at these people and taking pictures etc and yet they are just ordinary people living their lives. Kind of weird and so intriguing.
After driving around for a few hours we got to our hotel in New Holland, PA and crashed for a bit before going out to the grocery store across the street and then to Rita's Water Ice, our new found favorite treat. I had Tropical Punch today which was so yummy. Now we are eating our microwave dinners in the room and then its bed for the troops. Tomorrow we go to Hershey and then we drive to Zanesville, Ohio on our way to Indianapolis. Lots of driving tomorrow. edit
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Wow!!! Really cool stories!!!
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