Lancaster County

As you can see from the picture we are still in Lancaster county PA. Wed. we spent most of the day in Intercourse, PA. The ladies enjoyed the shopping. We had a buggy ride at
Arron & Jessica's located at Plain & Fancy between Intercourse and Bird-in-Hand. While there we also saw a 45 minute show called the Amish experience. Thur. We went to Strasburg where we enjoyed the National Toy Train Museum. I didn't know that there were so many toy trains in existence. We had lunch at Isaac's. We were surprised when we went in as we expected an Amish restaurant but found an ordinary restaurant & deli where the dining area looked like you were in a train car. The food was very good. After that we went to the Sight & Sound Theater www.sight-sound.com to see if we could get tickets for In The Beginning. They did not have any but told us to wait over by an angel and if any became available they would send them over. Well we got tickets however they were individual tickets so no one got to set together. The couple that we got ours from said they had purchased theirs in Jan. and they were hard to get then and that they were afraid they would be stuck with the extras that they had. Lucky us and lucky them. In the beginning is a 2 hour production that starts with the creation of earth and goes thought the death of Adam. They us live animals and have an amazing stage set up. It is a very moving show and is very sound in its interpretation. It does give you some things to think about that you hadn't really thought about such as the number of children that Adam & Eve had. The theater must hold at least 2500 people and they do 2 shows a day and three on the weekends. If any of you ever have a chance it is a must see. Be prepared so spend $40 plus for the tickets however. They will be opening another theater in Branson Mo. in 2008. Fri. was a day for shopping at the Tangier Outlet and then we went to the Green Dragon flea market. It was huge. On the way home we stopped at Good'n Plenty for supper. It featured family style dining. Just like at a buffet you eat to much. We sure haven't goon hungry while we have been here.
The farmers are busy preparing fields and planting corn. The alfalfa looks to be ready to cut as soon as they finish planting. I am told that the farms average 45-55 acres in size. I have been told that the land will sell for $100,000 per acre just for farming. It is hard for farmers to buy land as developers are paying up to one million per acre. This area has a lot of people you will be driving along in a metropolitan area and then you are in an area of the most beautiful Amish or Mennonite farms and the right back to metro.