Amish Country - Day 1

After Pooh II was safely towed to Anderson's Garage, we headed out to do a little shopping, museum browsing, and genealogy searching.

We perused racks of kitsch ... all proudly proclaiming to be authentic "Amish" or "Pennsylvania Dutch."    Most of these things will do nothing but collect dust.  Fun to look at, but not to take home

Next on our list was the Museum of Mennonite Heritage.  It was primarily a gift shop (again!) with a small "museum" section of Mennonite and Amish history in the region.  There was, however, a wealth of material for home-schoolers regarding the ancient Israelis and the Ark of the Covenant . . . lots of workbooks and model kits for the kids to work on. 

Next door to the Museum was the Lancaster County Mennonite Genealogical Museum.  For a non-member fee of $5, Linda was able to track down a reference to one of her Mennonite ancestors ... one Hans Heinrich Raudenbusch.  Buried deep in a Miscellaneous file folder of uncategorized material regarding people whose last names begin with the letter R was a two-page write up on Hans and his parents, and his journey to America from Germany.  A needle in a haystack find.   Wheeeee!

Mennonite Genealogy Library

We headed back to Andersons.  It was hot and we were tired and anxious to get a status update on the brake repair.  While we were waiting to speak with the garage owner, Frank struck up a conversation with a guy who had a big auto transport rig.   It turns out that every year he goes to Clearwater, Florida, to pick up players' cars from the Philadelphia Phillies Spring Training facility and transport them back to Philadelphia for the season, as the players take a plane back.

All in all, an interesting and enjoyable day.