Katelyn's First Road Trip (Day 2 - August 4)

We got up around 8 the next morning. We weren’t really thrilled with this campground. Our site was not in a good location. If you picture the letter V, we were at the tip of it. So, everyone was looking at us, especially the people to the right of us. I don’t know if it was because of Sandy – maybe they had never seen anything like her before. :) Whatever it was, it creeped us out a little, especially Katelyn! But she still said she had a really fun time camping for the first time in Sandy.

After putting everything away, we left to look for some breakfast. We first stopped at a bakery/gift shop and then went to the Bird-in-Hand Market. They had lots of good food there. We decided on some pastries, K a chocolate cream filled donut, Doug an apple fritter, and I got a bear claw. We ate them in Sandy – very yummy!

Next we went down the road to Abe’s Buggy Rides. Here we got to ride in an actual Amish buggy. Katelyn sat up front, Doug and I in the back. It was a thirty minute ride. We asked the girl (who was probably about 20) lots of questions about the Amish culture. She said she started driving the buggy on her own when she was around 10 years old. The horses start training to lead the buggies when they are one. They start pulling them when they are 2-2 ½. We asked her about school – the kids go until 8th grade – they have one teacher with an aide in a one room schoolhouse. They normally have 20-30 kids in the school. The students are assigned work and mostly work on their own until the teacher comes to their group. She said most drivers on the road are respectful. It was interesting – some facts to share with my students when we study PA.










After this we drove to the small town of Lititz. We went to the Julius Sturgis Pretzel House. Here we learned how the Sturgis pretzel business started and a little about making pretzels. We also got to make a pretzel out of dough (not to keep or eat). We got a bag of pretzels and bought a soft pretzel before we left. We walked around the town for a little and then stopped at a restaurant called The Lititz Pantry. We pigged out and then walked back to Sandy. We stopped at a Cupcakery and got Chels and Katelyn a cupcake. Then we headed home!

Katelyn slept most of the way home. This was probably one of hottest rides in the Westy to date. I think Katelyn thought she’d stay coolest if she was asleep and didn’t have to think about the heat! Overall we had a fun time - Katelyn said she liked it and wanted to do a Westy trip again! ~Jess