When I say Lancaster, I don't mean the city-side. I mean the Amish side,
The Amish are a christian religious group that rejects motorized cars and modern electricity for horse-powered buggies and stand-up bikes. They basically live like people in the late 1700's.
Why do they reject these common household items? They call them: Works of the world, works of men.
They believe God didn't choose humans to have cars or electricity. They believe in God, but aren't too sure about His grace.
Not many of them wear color, and none of them wear bright color. Men usually wear straw hats, long sleeved shirts and overalls. The woman and girls wear long dresses that you would wear at Easter. Girls would also wear a bonnet called a prayer cap.
Mom wanted to see these remarkable people, partly because of all the Amish books she's read. Dad also wanted to see them. So we packed up the jeep, with the puppies, and sailed away!
I wanted to see them, but I didn't want to make them a public oddity.
As we were driving, Rebecca couldn't get enough of them. "Andrew, Andrew, Andrew!" She would scream in delight as a buggy full of Amish people would pass by us.
"I feel sorry for them. They probably don't like all this attention. They just want to lead normal lives. "
Driving into the Amish part of town, this is all we saw: The Amish, Farms, Corn.
We parked into a restaurant complex that also did Amish tours.
We went into the restaurant with a store morphed with it, and sat down. After some talk and making our orders, Rebecca, Mom and I went into the store. While Mom didn't find any books she knew, she did find one she was willing to try. She didn't buy it 'cause she was uncertain of the author's voice. We then went back to eat, and came back to the store again when the eating was done.
Rebecca filled a bottle of water and we exited into the parking lot to make the dogs go to the restroom. I won't emphasis on the details.
When Dad joined us, we embarked to look around.
We went to an Amish owned cheese shop, that Rebecca was very excited about. She loves cheese!
I wasn't very interested on that point. Based on Rebecca's descriptions, they were very good.
We then roamed around the Amish country, taking pictures of beautiful landscapes and goats on rocks. At 500 we saw an 8 ft angel carved out of wood.
We then roamed around the Amish country, taking pictures of beautiful landscapes and goats on rocks. At 500 we saw an 8 ft angel carved out of wood. That was really cool.
After that, Dad wanted us to get on a train. We boarded a train set to departure at 7:00. It was so cool to be on a real live train. CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA the train went. CLACK CLACK CLACK it went as we moved gracefully down the train track.
We had tickets to be in the open air section, a section with no doors or widows, basically just seats and open air.
Rebecca was doing a video with her phone, Mom had her G-10, Dad a wide angle lens, and I was recording with my 3 flips.
The landscape was beautiful! The big fields full of Amish workers smiled to us Train Riders.The large corn stalks towering over us was awesome to look at. The whole ride was cool.
After the amazing train ride, Dad and I entered into BEST BUY. Remember when I told you about my broken camera? Well we went into the store. I needed to go to the restroom, so I left Dad with an employee. When I came back, it looked like Dad had already selected one to get. In other words, I had no say in getting the camera. But, I trust Dad with my whole heart, so I believe he made the right choice.
Today we are going to Hershey Factory, the land of chocolate. Talk to you then.
Staying sweet,
Andrew.
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