Farmers Market, Food and Fun

I'm a bit behind again but will attempt to catch you up on our weekend.

We spent Friday with friends, Byron & Linda, going to Bird-In-Hand Farmers Market, a countryside Amish store, drinking some home made root beer, driving the back roads, shopping a general store and eating way to much food at Shady Maple.

Linda was really mad at herself as we walked through the farmers market. She knew that we were going to go there, but not knowing what to expect, she stocked her freezer with meats from Wal-Mart. She could only drool over all the fresh cut meats etc. at we walked past. Next time Linda will know - lol. The countryside Amish store was one that we visited in June when our granddaughter Morgan was with us and we did the buggy ride. I couldn't remember where it was so I stopped at the buggy ride place and asked. Home made root beer, home made soft pretzel's and other home made goodies await anyone that stops there. Also a lot of craft items for sale including hand stitched quilts. A really neat place and not on the beaten tourist path.

Shady Maple - all I can say about it is food, food and more food. So many choices it's hard to decide on what to eat. A good way is to just take a little bite of what you think you want, try it and then go back for more. Everything from drink to desert is included for one price. Can't beat it! After stuffing ourselves we went to the general store beside Shady Maple in a effort to walk some of our meal off. Nice try but didn't work. It is a interesting store to wander through though. Kind of like a small Wal-Mart only different items.

Saturday was Adamstown Oktoberfest. Yep, we went. It was a great afternoon of music and dancing. The band was the Alex Meixner band and they were very good. The leader, Alex, is a very talented young man who can really tare up the accordion plus play the trumpet and the alpenhorn. The performances by the Liederkranz Schuhplatters Dancers were really entertaining. They even had a youth group that were amazing. The youngest was about 3 or 4 years old. It was nice to see that this was a family event. Many young couples with their children in attendance and on the dance floor with kids in tow. Yes, there was beer and wine, but I saw no one that seemed to be overdoing it. We left around 6pm and drove home in the rain. It continued all night long.

Byron and Linda left Sunday morning in a foggy, drizzly start to the day. I hope it cleared for them down the road. I hated seeing them go, but they are heading toward the south slowly and will be in LA in November. I'm hoping that we will catch up with them again this winter. We really enjoy our time spent with them.

Dean and I spent yesterday relaxing since the weather wasn't conducive to doing much. This morning we are heading to Ephrata to the grocery store and then stopping at Shady Maple Supermarket for some ham. We bought some fresh green beans at the farmers market and need some ham to make ham-n-beans today. Yummy, love it!

I had a call this morning from Samuel, the Amish carpenter that is doing work for our motorhome and he will have it ready by Wednesday. I'm ready for the drawers and anxious to see how they turn out. Of course I'll post pictures when it's all done.

I have posted pictures of the Oktoberfest on Picasa - hope you enjoy them.

Till next time - God Bless!