It was a good time for me to head to the Amish store in a nearby town to get the rest of the chocolate that I needed to make the Christmas candy. The weather was good, so after work I put some gas in the car and off I went. Now I never mind going to the Amish and I really enjoy going this time of the year. It seems there everything just kind of slows down, and this trip it was the same. When I was in the area of the Amish families, I could see almost every house with laundry on the line, and horse and buggy’s in front of their houses or on a gravel roads heading to someone else’s house. I did also notice that there were fields with corn still in them, but most of the fields had their huge horses standing around and eating the left over corn that was spilled on the ground when it was husked by the men by hand. In this Amish area, and I think it’s pretty much the same in other areas also, you have to watch for the sign to know who is selling what. Once I found my sign for the store that I like to go to, off I turn on the gravel road and make my way there.
This is my favorite store
There’s a couple of other farms that I drive by to get to this store, one sells quilts and the other is a harness shop. I’ve never had a reason to go in either one of them but all the stores are an adventure, so I will have to see if I can get there sometime. If I had to guess I think there must be around 50? farms that sell one thing or another. Once I got the car parked and I was walking into the store, I noticed how good of a job of removing the snow that they did. Now I would like to see how that works. I wanted to snap a couple of pictures of the inside of the store, so I found the owner and asked. He said no problem, so here is a couple of inside pictures of his store.
I ended up buying probably more than I need, but it’s such a cool store and it just kind of makes you buy stuff. I smiled to myself when he went to get a battery operated lamp so not only could he see what he was charging me, but also so I could see to write him a check. There is no electricity in any of the shops and they usually have kerosene lamps burning and wood stoves heating the buildings. He said that he just got his lamp and wanted to try it out. After turning down help to carry the box to my car (finding out latter that it was over 47 lbs) I turn and head home for the night. But as I’m driving I notice that there was a couple of Amish women taking the clothes off the line now. Yea, it was a good day to go to the Amish.