10 More Things We Did in Lancaster County

We love going to Lancaster County and spending a few days there.  I remember hearing about it from friends Mike and Sue

back in the early 1990's when we first met them after moving to Fairfax, VA.   We learned they had recently retired back to their home town of New Holland, PA and we planned a trip to go see them.  It was a great week!

In fact, we saw so many things I could write a blog about each one.  Instead, I thought I'd post a picture or two of some the things we saw:

1.  Produce Auction (New Holland, PA) Old order Amish and Mennonite's selling vegetables, fruit, flowers, etc

(which also included pallets of flowers)

2. Martin's Furniture (New Holland, PA) local factory and showroom

3. Wilbur Chocolate Factory (Lititz, PA)

4. Sturgis Pretzel House (Lititz, PA)

5. Mennonite Information Center (Lancaster, PA)

6. Amish Farming Tobacco

7.  Mowing the Fields (Amish Farm)

8. Covered Bridges (Lancaster County, PA) We only saw a few - there are over 25 in the area. Click here to see where else they are located.

9. Gourds at an Amish Farm

10.  New Holland Museum

Our week was a full one during our time at New Holland and there is more to share.  See you next time on the Roadrunner Chronicles!

Summer Concert Evening in the Park - New Holland

Yesterday we left our three week stay in Fort Meade, MD for Lancaster County and a new campsite at Beacon Hill Camping.

We are on a level site, with full hook ups, good cell service and internet.  And we are across the street from a large Amish farm.  They have horses and cows and dogs and guinea pigs.  And farms smells which add to the experience.

The campground in on the side of a steep hill.  Its a nice cardio walk to the top where there are some great views of the farms down through the valley.  To get a good view and some pictures, we'd have to walk on a driveway or two so we didn't do that.

We arrived in the afternoon, got all set up and then went over to friends Mike and Sue's place in New Holland.  After dinner, we then went over to see the summer evening concert in the city park.  The Nomads are a Oldies Band that was simply GREAT!

We got there as the show was starting and it was crowded.  Usually 200 people for one of the evening concerts is about average.  Tonight, there were about double that number.

These guys were really good.  It was fun to hear the music and kind of join in on some of the songs (you have to know the words to really join in...but that has never stopped me from giving it a go).  It was a toe tapping, singing, hand-clapping good time!

A few got out there and danced quite a bit and that was fun to see them have fun.

It was a couple of hours of a great time.  I can just imagine the same thing has happened across hundreds of cities and towns this summer -- evening concerts in the park.  Have you been to any this summer in your part of the country?

It was a great start to our stay in Lancaster County.  We'll be here all week so more to follow!

Thanks for joining us today on the Roadrunner Chronicles!