Saturday, August 26 – We headed out early this morning for Ephrata, PA, and the Elks campground. There are only three sites here with electric and water. It is a really tight squeeze. When they laid out the campground, they left a huge tree in the middle of the parking area. Paul had to do some very creative driving to get our fifth wheel in the spot. At one point, we were at an angle so severe, that we had to unhook, move the truck and reconnect to finish getting the fifth wheel into the spot. Who would ever leave a huge tree in the middle on the parking area? Crazy. There are tons of trees. We had no satellite or over-the-air TV.
Looking right.
Looking left. The tree on the right side of the photo is the monster we had to navigate around.
There is a little brook running in back of the fifth wheel. Bella enjoyed the taste of the cool running water.
We headed to Lancaster, PA, this morning to visit Amish Country. We stopped at a neat diner for breakfast. Very good but way to much to eat...LOL
We arrived in Lancaster and headed to the Central Market right in the center of town. The country's oldest farmers' market in the heart of Amish country occupies a beautiful 120 year old red brick building. We walked through the very nice indoor market with displays of local fruits, vegetables, and baked goods. Marsha did buy some mustard powder for the homemade mustard she makes and some very nice looking and tasty peaches but that was the extent of our purchases.
With a name like this place, you know it has to be good.
We then walked around downtown looking at some historic buildings and some churches.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
The Visitor's Center.
Upon returning to the truck, we noticed a gift from the Lancaster Police Department….a parking ticket. We couldn't believe we failed to see that we had to pay for parking on Saturday. It was the type where we entered our license plate number at a central location that we didn't see. $20.00.....dang!
We then headed to Lititz, but the traffic was so bad due to an air show that we turned around and headed for home. We are actually disappointed with the Lancaster area. Compared to the Amish area in Ohio, this area is over-commercialized and not in the country/farm environment we were expecting. Maybe we didn't find the right area but nevertheless, we decided to move on down the road in the morning.
Since our campground site was so difficult to get into and not wanting to wake the neighbor early tomorrow morning, we decided to move to Site #1 which was vacated this morning. It is a straight shot out the campground road, and we won't need to have neighbors move their trucks in order to get out. Site #1 is the best site in the campground.
That's all for this trip. We are back in Canton, Ohio. We will head to Houston come October.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
