This is part 2 of our visit to Lancaster, PA.  Please read Part 1 if you missed it.

On Sunday, Zachary and Carson fixed Brian breakfast for Father’s Day and gave him the beautiful cards that each had made on Saturday night. Brian had breakfast in bed consisting of Honey Nut Cheerios and milk.  We also had to do our weekly cleaning session which turned into a major cleaning of the motor home and preparing to leave on Monday. Brian was able to get a Sunday afternoon nap and later we played outside with the kids and allowed Bella to run freely around the field. Brian was able to fly is stunt kite in the field where we were parked and then we played a quick game of kickball before having dinner.

On Monday we left the campground and stopped in West Chester to visit with one of our picnic vendors for our website www.picnicfun.com . Bella enjoyed having free run of their office just like she did in our office.  Daniel and Naomi generally brought their dog, Rufus, to work so Bella had tennis balls and other toys to enjoy. We enjoyed a tour of the facility and lunch with our friends at Spectrum Products and started off towards NJ.

Our time in Lancaster was a real learning experience by looking at the lives of the Amish and Mennonites that live in the area. It was very interesting to see a horse and buggy in the drive thru at Wachovia or parked in the back of a restaurant in parking designated for horse and buggy. The first day we made a game out of finding a horse and buggy with lights. We got so excited about taking pictures even though you had to try to get a picture without being too noticeable since the Amish do not like to have the picture taken, most of the pictures are taken from a distance or from behind the horse and buggy.  The farmland was beautiful and it was such an experience seeing clothes lines attached to the house with a pulley system to move it back and forth to add and remove clothes and handmade products like our grandparents made them. We tried to compare our new life to the lives of the Amish in aspect that we had down-sized our lives and are trying to live a slower more peaceful life but I do not think this analogy was accepted by the Mennonite gentleman we talked with at the visitors center in Intercourse. He had separated himself from the Amish church some years ago but still dressed in the plain clothes, had no phone, television or radio in his home but he did drive a car and owned a laptop computer.  I guess the Amish and Mennonite communities are much like everyone else some of them “pick and chose” which things in life they can live with and others they cannot.  I think we would enjoy visiting Lancaster again especially if we could have the opportunity to learn more into the everyday lives of the Amish and Mennonite communities.  I think one aspect of the lives of these people that should be on the top of everyone’s daily list is their devotion to God and family.

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