It is nearing the end of October and I am comfortably sitting on the porch, with the laptop power cord threaded through the window, to write. It's lovely! I could handle this along with some variations of warmer all year!
Last weekend we were tourists in Lancaster, PA. We stayed in a hotel which the children think is the absolute best. It got even better when we found that there was a Friendly's restaurant across the street. There was no question that we had to eat there Friday evening moments after we arrived. Aliza was SO excited to get the wrap that she used to always get when there was a Friendly's in Pocomoke.
Saturday was a beautiful day. We went to the Amish Village and did the guided house tour. Our tour guide had Amish neighbors and her husband drives for them rather frequently so she had some interesting first hand experience with the Amish culture. I decided that I need an Amish neighbor because I find the the intersection of their faith and lifestyle fascinating.
There were lots of animals on the grounds along with an Amish one room schoolhouse and a playground.
Our afternoon activity was a buggy ride. I chose this particular one because they had a "Cookie Run" ride. It was fairly short and went to a farm where the Amish girls were selling homemade chocolate chip cookies and I will always go for homemade cookies!
Our driver said he was Amish, but we had our questions about the actual validity of that.
It was a nice little ride regardless. The other families with us were from Manhattan. Soybean and corn fields aren't quite as novel for us as. lol.
The plan for Sunday was to ride the Strasburg train. It was so very rainy, but enjoyable nonetheless.
At the end of the line, the steam engine uncouples and drives to the other end of the train to go back.
While we were on the train I realized that on the back of one of our tickets was a coupon for a free whoopie pie and the Track Side Cafe. That sealed the deal--we were going to eat lunch there! It was one of those tourist trap cafes where a family like ours does not buy a meal for everyone but splits meals because the cost of ridiculous. So we were discussing this and at the register the couple behind us gave us their coupon for a whoopie pie. We each got a third of a whoopie pie which was plenty!
I had my eye on the Old Navy outlet all weekend so we made a stop there on the way home. I wanted to look for jeans. I didn't get any jeans and everyone got something. Hmmm. Outlet sales were good though...except for the minecraft shirt that Isaiah HAD to have. Jeremy drove the whole way home in pouring rain.
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