Hi,everyone,
We pulled away from the rally this morning anxious to go on toward Niagara Falls. We had a great "day in the park" yesterday as the host Airstream unit provided fresh-churned ice cream and popcorn and a supper of beans and ham cooked in cauldrons over an open fire. The Top of Georgia members asked us to join them for music and good eats in their shelter. Amish women and girls sold baked goods. An Amish man demonstrated horse shoeing and another made apple butter, again in a cauldron outside. And, the temperature was about 70. Great day!
The day before, we visited Keim Lumber. You gotta see this place! Click on the link to see a gallery of photos. http://www.keimlumber.com/photogallery
You would never know from the photos that this place is in the tiny town of Charm way down winding country roads, but then, there are a lot of such businesses here. Subdivisions are almost non-existent and so are strip shopping centers. Small businesses dot the countryside everywhere.
Handcrafted furniture is big here. We visited 2 showrooms and were blown away by the quality of the Amish work.
Our first stop after heading north today was Geneva-on-the-Lake right on Lake Erie (another first for us---seeing one of the Great Lakes.) It was windy and the white caps on the lake sure reminded us of the ocean. The little seaside town was almost abandoned. Signs everywhere said, "See you in May."
We're staying near Erie, PA tonight and tomorrow night and will visit Presque Isle, a peninsula and state park near here. Check it out on Wikipedia. It's wash day tomorrow, too. Got our quarters ready.
Until later......
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