Meet "The Relics!" These are two of my favorite ladies on the planet! They are my Mother-in-law and my husband's aunt. They are both in their 80's, full of wisdom, overflowing with God's love, and about the two most fun people you'd ever want to meet. We travel to see them at least once a month. Every trip is filled with lots of road-beating fun. Honestly, one weekend, they had us in four states. We are exhausted by the end of the day but we have SO MUCH FUN!
We hit the local Mennonite farm markets, sometimes go visiting, take every back road we can find-especially the ones we've never been on before, go out to lunch, and just generally have a great time together. No graveyard is off limits with these two. They know someone in almost every single one. It's a delight to watch them peruse the grave stones and get excited when they find someone they knew. We've learned all about people who never wore summer clothes, sang off key, swallowed a dime in church, and did things I won't mention on my blog. LOL! What a time we have with them!
This past Saturday, we wound through the backwoods of Franklin county to Biglerville to see a round barn my husband had spotted on Facebook.
We hit the local Mennonite farm markets, sometimes go visiting, take every back road we can find-especially the ones we've never been on before, go out to lunch, and just generally have a great time together. No graveyard is off limits with these two. They know someone in almost every single one. It's a delight to watch them peruse the grave stones and get excited when they find someone they knew. We've learned all about people who never wore summer clothes, sang off key, swallowed a dime in church, and did things I won't mention on my blog. LOL! What a time we have with them!
This past Saturday, we wound through the backwoods of Franklin county to Biglerville to see a round barn my husband had spotted on Facebook.
Although no longer in use as a dairy/horse barn, it houses an extensive farm market on the bottom floor and the top is used as a wedding reception facility. (We were delighted to meet the furry fellow in the photo above too.) We were fortunate enough to be there on a day when there was no reception, but they were preparing for one the following weekend so we got to get a idea of what it would be like inside for such an occaision. I can just imagine by the time all the lights, crystals and chandeliers are hung and the doors and windows are closed, it would be magical inside. What a place to have a reception!
We spent most of our time in the farm market below. The inventory was all locally sourced or at least sourced from PA. In some of the photos you can see black u-shaped bars at the back of the shelves. These are the old stanchion stalls where the cows heads came through to the feeding trough, which is now the walkway through the market. The design was quite ingenious. The barn could hold 60 cows and 15 horses when in use. We left with some fresh baked peach bread, a postcard, some apple cider bread mix, a heart shaped succulent plant, a surprise birthday gift for someone, and a whoopie pie. Whoopie pies are part of every weekend in Pennsylvania, at least for us anyway.
While driving around, we were thankful that we were on the Franklin county side of the mountain. The clouds sitting on the other side of the mountain range looked omnious, to be sure. As you will see from some of the photos, we did have some rain, but in general it didn't dampen our plans or our spirits. Franklin county's growing season is running full force while ours has barely begun. The farmers were already cutting their grass cutting to prepare the fields for corn planting. Even the wheat was tassled already. Ours is barely out of the ground. It was an absolutely beautiful day to be out and about!
We stopped for lunch in Gettysburg, taking a route that led us across the battlefield. We stopped to pay our respects at one of the monuments.
We also passed the Totem Pole Playhouse which was originally owned and operated by Jean Stapleton, otherwise known as Mrs. Archie Bunker. She spent her summers there and times when All in the Family was not filming. The playhouse is still in operation even though she has passed away.
Much of what we saw was on Rt. 30, The Lincoln Highway, which is a historical road through Pennsylvania. We are planning to devote an entire Saturday to the tour even though we have seen many of the stops along the way.
AND NOW, WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! We see the wierdest things on our outings and this weekend was no different. We ran into wild elephants in the Michaux Forest, a runaway circus horse on the backroads of Franklin county, and a repurposed gas pump on The Lincoln Highway. We live in an odd state!
Much of what we saw was on Rt. 30, The Lincoln Highway, which is a historical road through Pennsylvania. We are planning to devote an entire Saturday to the tour even though we have seen many of the stops along the way.
AND NOW, WHAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! We see the wierdest things on our outings and this weekend was no different. We ran into wild elephants in the Michaux Forest, a runaway circus horse on the backroads of Franklin county, and a repurposed gas pump on The Lincoln Highway. We live in an odd state!
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