For all of you people who would like to be able to spend more time in Amish Country, a great substitute might be reading some books based in an Amish setting. I enjoy the writings of Beverly Lewis and Wanda Brunstetter. Many of the writings are set in Lancaster County, Pa with some based in Ohio or Indiana settings. I met Wanda on a book signing trip at Shady Maple several years ago. Good's store always features their new releases! June In a message dated 3/6/2010 10:17:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, scott1@embarqmail.com writes: Oh Don! I envy you spending so much time there. Just like wishing I could be locked up in Berks Co Historical Society I wish I could be able to visit Amish Co, for a week to visit as I please. Take your wife, it is a wonderful experience that give me such peace. I am sure she will enjoy it. Hugs, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Churchfield" <dctrk@c2i2.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Sally Scott Callling >I wish we lived closer to Lancaster County. It has been a few > years since I visited there with my sister and brother-in-law. > My sister made Civil War re-enactment costumes until she died, > and bought a lot of her material in Lancaster County. While I > was back east on a month-long visit, we spent a week there. I > thoroughly enjoyed the food and the scenery. Of course I had > to have a fresh Amish pretzel more than once while we were > there. My wife was not able to be with me on that trip and she > has never been to Lancaster County, but I hope to take her > there some time. > > Don in AZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, Sally, I plan on doing that in the future. I grew up not far from New Wilmington and Volant, PA which are Amish communities, so I was around Amish people for many years. When my sister made Civil War costumes they lived in Wakeman, Ohio, so she bought a lot of material at the Amish community in Ohio. They made a trip to Lancaster County once a year to shop there. Of course, they knew all the good places to eat and shop. June, there is also a lot of good reading on the Internet about Amish people. I have looked at a bit of it, but haven't had much time to get into it thoroughly. Maybe some day I can do that. Don in AZ