Today we Kent guided us around Lancaster County. What an interesting day. We travelled a few back roads, saw buggies, scooters and bikes being driven by the Amish, horses and mules pulling ploughs. All very 'Amish looking'.
Look at any picture you have ever seen of the Amish and the way the live and there it was. As part of the tour we visited two quilt stores. Not your usual quilts stores, but store selling quilts. This is big business for the Amish. The store are quite basic and the signage simple, but those gals sure not their stuff when it comes to selling quilts.
We stopped for more than an hour at a shopping village. It was a little commercial, but still fun. Several of the stores were owned & operated by Amish or Mennonite families. Just part of the modern Amish experience.
www.kitchenkettle.com
We dined at the Plain 7 Fancy Restaurant that is part of the hotel complex. It was okay, but no worth repeating.
An early night was called for as we were getting up for the rugby at 4am. Yes, 4am!
After what seemed like 2 hours sleep the alarm went off and it was time to set-up the laptop, projector and the internet, ready to watch the rugby. Mr Murphy's Law prevailed and I could NOT get the game through the network that we had organised. By now we had missed the National Anthem and haka!
What to do? Phoned my son in Waihi Beach and asked for the free streaming website that he uses. There is was, no sound, but there it was.
At half time I figured the sound and we spent the same nervous 40 minutes of the second half that you all did.
How exciting to see the look on the face of Richie McCaw when the final whistle went.
After 15 mins we settled down and went to bed. Too much for these old tarts.
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