Day 13-Hershey and The Amish

Daddy woke up early again and got on the road. He did agree that the Branches of Niagara Campground was very nice. We were going to Gettysburg today via Hershey and the Amish country. We arrived at Hershey in the afternoon and didn't realize how big it was. We lucked out and got to park the RV on the front curb outside of Hershey's Chocolate World. We went and couldn't wait on one of the things we wanted to do so we went ahead and took the tour which was actually pretty cool. The girls also boxed up Hershey kisses on the assembly line, and did some shopping in the gift shop. We got a quick bite to eat and hit the road for the Amish country. We got pretty excited when we saw our first horse drawn buggy carriage near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We drove through bird – in – hand and on into Intercourse, Pennsylvania. We immediately saw the Amish people plowing their fields, riding in their buggies, or walking down the road. We got to the Kettle Kitchen Village where we would ride AAA buggy rides. They are the only buggy ride that goes under a covered bridge, and that is what mom wanted to see. The Pennsylvania countryside was beautiful. All the farms and silos and corn fields in the rolling mountains were so pretty. We also drove all day alongside a big river. We shopped a little bit in the village and bought some jams, pottery, smoked meats and cheeses. We got some coffee and hot tea and went to get our buggy ride at 6:00 PM. It was a beautiful buggy with a nice Amish driver named Amos and they let Callen and Colbie sit up front and help drive the buggy. The girls thought it was so cute when we passed two little barefoot Amish girls selling Whoopie pies and homemade root beer on the side of the street. They did not speak and we were not allowed to get out of the buggy but they passed their tray to Amos and he passed it to us. It was a 5 mile ride for 55 minutes and it was so cool to pass the farms and the people working and hear the horses hooves on the old wooden covered bridge. We arrived back in town and started the last part of our drive into Gettysburg.












































Random Amish person




Scary bridge on the way to Gettysburg.
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