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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Day 13--Saying Goodbye to Amish Country

No pics today.  This morning we hit the laundrymat again and got all caught up so we will have clean clothes this next week when we are making our way home.

Then we were off to Amish Country.  We tried another "Amish" restaurant and the purpose was mainly to see if Marcia could have her new favorite---chicken corn noodle soup.  They did have it so she was happy.  We then spent the next two hours saying goodbye to Amish country.  We just drove the back roads and absorbed what we could.  We just enjoyed the countryside so much. We saw farmers baling and stacking hay and more scenes of farm life.  The buggies, the laundry hanging outside, the handwritten signs advertising the produce and pies for sale---we are going to miss that.

We did make one stop at an "Old Country Store" because they had a Quilt Museum upstairs and figured we would be remiss if we didn't visit it and report to the church quilting group about it.  They had mainly more contemporary quilts on display, but they were pretty spectacular.  The ones that were for sale were downstairs.  We found some we liked, but at $1000 or so each, they stayed there.  Handmade heirloom quilts and cats just don't mix.

We got to the hotel and started the packing process.  We leave in a few minutes to head to a Lancaster Barnstormer baseball game.  We had fun at the last one.  It is much hotter today (mid to upper 90s) so we'll see how long I last.  We head out in the morning for our stops in Virginia.

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