Amish Country, Lancaster PA

SAT

Today was a laid-back easy day to drive around and enjoy the beautiful farming country in this area and to see the Amish influence. And I learned quickly that I had to keep my camera ready as I missed a picture of a farmer cutting hay with a 4-horse team and of a woman hanging out her wash to dry. FYI she was hanging it over the horse corral and so I expect that when dry it smelled like horse corral and not like summer flowers.

I stopped at a farmers market in New Holland PA that butted up against the main street and when trying to see if the parking meters were enforced on SAT notice that it was only 10cents for 1-hour so I just splurged and didn’t worry about the expense.

Later in the day I also stopped at a big Amish market in Bird-n-Hand PA and enjoyed Shoo-Fly pie and white-cheddar popcorn and an assortment of other samples that it seemed every vendor had out, a smorgasbord of flavors and enough to fill you up.

The roads in the area have wide-paved shoulders for the Amish buggies and horses being horses sometimes leave their calling cards. I mention the calling cards because there are a lot of bicycle riders here and I expect they have to be extra cautious of the road-apples.

The farms are beautifully maintained and the stock of draft horses and mules, buggy horses and dairy cattle are also in magnificent condition; the pride of the farmers of the area is evident and wonderful to see.