{"id":559,"date":"2009-09-24T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/lancaster-county-visit-part-ii.html"},"modified":"2009-09-24T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T15:18:00","slug":"lancaster-county-visit-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/lancaster-county-visit-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster County Visit Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke up at the Bed and Breakfast <\/a>to the sound of horses clomping on the road. A buggy was passing by and I heard several of them rolling by before I finally got out of bed. Hubby and I went downstairs for breakfast around 8:30. There was only one other couple there and they\u2019d only stayed one night, like we did. They were passing through on their way home. The other couple we\u2019d seen the previous night at dinner had left early in the morning to head back to Massachusetts. <\/p>\n

Ron made breakfast. I can\u2019t recall, exactly, the name of the dish, but it was some sort of grain bread, soaked in maple syrup, baked, and then had a hard-cooked egg on top. We had link sausage on the side and orange juice and coffee. Ron\u2019s wife prayed before we started our meal. The food was good and there was pie for dessert. Yes, they served dessert after breakfast.<\/p>\n

Ron and his wife Pat talked about different Amish traditions while we ate: including Rumspringa and the fact that the Amish in their community don\u2019t ride bikes \u2013 they ride scooters instead. Pat also said that there were some orders of Amish who don\u2019t even run. I didn\u2019t understand what she meant but she explained that there were some who don\u2019t participate in Rumspringa.<\/p>\n

After breakfast, hubby and I packed our stuff and loaded the car. Ron said goodbye and invited us to come back and visit them again. He also encouraged us to go next door to take a few pics of the mill and here they are:
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He also told us that business has not been booming for them over the last couple of months. I told him it was probably because of the bad economy. He said that the breakfast they\u2019d just served to four people\u2026well, last year he would have been serving breakfast to a full-house of 18 people \u2013 they\u2019re usually booked solid this time of the year, but that hasn\u2019t been happening lately. If you decide to visit Lancaster County, be sure to check out Ron\u2019s Bed and Breakfast <\/a> and think about staying there. My hubby and I enjoyed staying in his house, even if it was only for one night. Ron proved to be a wealth of information about Amish history.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, hubby and I made the journey to The Plain And Fancy Farm<\/a>. On the way, I saw a bunch of Amish buggies outside of someone\u2019s home. Here\u2019s the pic:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m assuming this was where they were having church. From talking to Sally, I gathered that they have church every other week and they\u2019ll have the service in someone\u2019s home. <\/p>\n

Got milk???<\/p>\n

I also saw a place that was selling goat’s milk! Not sure why anybody would want to purchase goat’s milk? Anybody reading this blog know the answer? Here’s the pics for the signs for goat’s milk:
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When we got to The Plain And Fancy Farm<\/a>, we paid our money to see the movie called Jacob\u2019s Choice. <\/p>\n

The theater was fashioned in the way of an Amish meeting place. The wooden benches had no backs, so they were not very comfortable. Since they weren\u2019t crowded, hubby and I sat in the back in the handicapped seats\u2026reason being, these were fashioned like regular comfortable chairs and I didn\u2019t feel like sitting on a hard wooden, backless bench during the course of the movie. <\/p>\n

The movie was about a boy named Jacob, who is going through his Rumspringa. He\u2019s on a baseball team and he\u2019s been staying out all night with his friends. His father and grandfather are not pleased with his actions since he\u2019s been faltering about joining the Amish church. During the course of the movie, the grandfather talks to Jacob about Amish history, and you are reminded about how the Amish started. I\u2019ll sprinkle in the history as I recall hearing it\u2026but don\u2019t quote me on these \u201cfacts\u201d. I don\u2019t know a whole lot about the Amish so if you want to know the history, it\u2019d be best to research it outside of this blog entry!<\/p>\n

The Amish is a subgroup that broke away from the Mennonites. They lived in Germany, but met lots of persecution. William Penn (or maybe it was William\u2019s dad? Can\u2019t recall) provided a place (Pennsylvania) where all could come and practice their religion freely. The Amish emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania. The Amish and Mennonites are part of the Anabaptist movement. They don\u2019t believe in infant baptism\u2026baptism should be a choice, and that\u2019s why they encourage adult baptism. Currently, there are Amish in a number of states, including Canada.<\/p>\n

Jacob struggles with making the choice of joining the Amish church. He\u2019s falling for an Amish girl, but she doesn\u2019t know if Jacob would be the right mate for her since he still hasn\u2019t joined the church. A tragic event causes Jacob to finally make the decision that\u2019s right for him.<\/p>\n

The movie was different because they\u2019ll show different things on different screens. It\u2019s kind of hard to describe, but one way to let you know what I\u2019m talking about is, when Jacob\u2019s dad and grandfather are discussing his recent actions on one screen, you\u2019ll see Jacob trying to sneak into the barn on another screen.<\/p>\n

After the movie, we stopped at the pen housing the small horses. Here’s a few pics of one of the horses:
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You could place 25 cents into the dispenser to get food to feed the animals. They encourage you to leave the cracked corn feed in the bucket – they don’t want the horses eating out of you hand!<\/p>\n

We then went for a buggy ride! Quite a smelly experience since the horses relieved themselves shortly before we took off! The driver told us about Amish history while she took us on our 25-minute ride. Here\u2019s a pic of hubby in front of the buggy:<\/p>\n

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Then we had lunch at an Amish-themed restaurant. I had fried chicken, chicken pot pie, and mashed potatoes and gravy, chow chow, and corn, I think? It was a lot of food and I couldn\u2019t finish it! Hubby had barbequed sandwich and fries. After eating we browsed in the store attached to the restaurant. Amish fiction was clearly represented! Here\u2019s the pics of the books that I saw:<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s about it! We had a great time and I\u2019ll probably visit again and plan to do more research on the Amish!<\/p>\n

~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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