Phil and I took off Friday and thankfully didn't hit any traffic on the way up. It was about 7 hour drive. We took a roundabout way around D.C. to remove a lot of traffic out of the way. The drive up was extremely scenes for how many miles we spent on the highway.
When we got to the town we were staying at: New Holland we couldn't check ion the Bed and Breakfast yet so we walked in their small downtown area to find Phil a belt since he had forgotten his. We were starving so we decided to look aimlessly for food when we stumbled across a sign that read: Chili Dogs: 2 for $5. It may have been the hunger settling in but we went I and ate lunch which was delicious. The place didn't even have a name on the outside but the food was a great find. When we walked out of the no name restaurant, I saw my first buggy and just stared as it went by. No wonder why these people don't like their pictures taken. It was amazing to me to see a horse drawn carriage on a regular road.
Phil and I found a belt at a thrift store and just a few minutes later met my parents at the Bed and Breakfast. We still couldn't check in so we went to the Farmer's Market at Bird-In-Hand which had beautiful custom made furniture and delicious smelling foods. So grateful, that I had just ate.
After searching through the knick knacks of Lancaster, we decided to check out a local brewery (Rumpsringa) and winery which was the perfect activity. Phil and I split a sampler and I drank a few samplers for my Dad which was convenient since we have the opposite taste in beers. He prefers stouts and I prefer lagers and unfiltered beers.
So grateful, that I didn't have to drink these by myself! The beers were very good and out of the two breweries we tasted that weekend this one was my favorite.
After we had beer, we decided to try a pretzel which Lancaster County is famous for. The pretzels from Immergut were amazing! If you go there, this would definitely be a must stop.
The next day, we drove around the city of Lancaster attempting to find more pretzels and then proceeded onto our second brewery which was Lancaster Brewing Company. I split the sampler with my Dad and this one had 12 samplers. Wow...I love samplers but that was a lot of sampling!
After the tasting, we went in search of ice cream (my dad loves ice cream) and we found a local Menonite family who sold ice cream from their farm. The ice cream was pretty good but the flavor in my raspberry didn't come out as strong as I would've liked. The farm had cows and cats hanging out. Clearly the cats had plenty of visitors, because whoever had ice cream left they would be near. We pet some cows and held the kitties which made this stop especially memorable.
Afterwards, we decided to try more pretzels but ended up at Immergut again. Seriously, great pretzels!
The B&B we stayed at: The Richmond House was fantastic! The meals Delores prepared were out of this world and I would have definitely loved if she could have cooked us more meals since the dining out was alright. The couple who ran the B&B were friendly and asked a million questions about the Amish people since my mom and I were so fascinated about their lifestyle. Being from the country, it was amazing to me what luxuries Waterboro, Me had compared to Lancaster. Almost everything, closed by 5 pm even on a Saturday and nothing was open on Sundays including some restaurants.
On Sunday, after the delicious breakfast we said our goodbyes to my parents and were off to head back to North Carolina. We stopped at a pumpkin patch and picked up pumpkins and apple cider in Maryland. There were apple trees but evidentially you aren't allowed to pick your own which was slightly disappointing but the rest of the shop was fun to look through as a short break in our long drive back.
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