Amish Auction Day & Lehman's Hardware

We got a early start this morning to head to Kidron, OH to Lehman's Hardware. I've heard about it from several sources and knew that it was a must see for us. On the way, we decided to stop in Mt. Hope at Mrs. Yoders restaurant for breakfast. What a good choice we made.

We both had the breakfast buffet that had lots of choices from eggs, sausage, bacon, ham, potato's, pancakes, french toast, potato cakes, sausage gravy, a variety of sweet rolls including the best cinnamon rolls, fruit and other items to numerous to mention. That was our meal for the day and it was delicious.

When we arrived in Mt. Hope we noticed a lot of activity going on, especially Amish milling about and arriving by buggies. I asked what was happening and found out it was Mt. Hope auction day - a big day for the Amish/Mennonite farmers for getting more cattle, horses etc. or selling off some extras. They also have a flea market with lots of produce available. After breakfast we decided to walk over and check it out. A lot of the vendors were your typical flea market vendors but there were some Mennonite/Amish vendors with their crafts and produce. We didn't take time to go to the actual auction but would love to sometime.

The drive to Lehman's Hardware in Kidron was nice. Typical Amish farmland with rolling hills, crop fields, flower gardens and buggies everywhere! I love this and really respect their lifestyle. How peaceful it must be but also lots of hard work, more so than I would want to do!

Lehman's is huge. There is so much to see and you not only need to look on the shelves and around but up as well. There are a lot of old antiques up on the rafters that would be easy to miss. Here again - anything you could want in a kitchen, they have +. We walked and walked until my leg finally gave out and I found a bench to sit for awhile. Then we walked some more. Tools, lawn & garden supplies, oil lamps and parts, gas lamps, electric lamps, books, kitchen appliances, and more stuff. To much to list here. It was fun looking but the only things we bought was a bottle of diet coke and a bottle of lemonade! I just don't want all that "stuff" anymore.

On the drive home we passed a cemetery with a different mausoleum. I posted a picture on Picasa. We also saw a deer farm - this is something that the Amish are venturing into now. We stopped at Troyers Country Market and decided we liked Walnut Creek market better and will go back there. We also made a stop at Kauffman's Country Bakery where I found some maple iced cinnamon rolls - yummy! Will have one for breakfast in the morning.

That was our day today. What will tomorrow bring? Check back and see....

Pictures are posted at Picasa.