Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Shipshewana

Mom and I decided that we needed to go birthday shopping for Jon, before his birthday! So as we headed out this morning in 93% humidity(I am a true westerner, I can't breath when the humidity is that high) and storm clouds hanging over us, we contemplated staying home. Still determined to get the job done we left.

Our first stop was Shipshewana (Amish tourist town), we had to take a detour, because there was road construction, but we ran into tons of Amish and I got a few pictures. I have to admit that I felt bad taking pictures(They don't believe in having their pictures taken), but since I promised you pictures, I took them anyway(I can't say that they are too interesting though). after we picked up the part to the lawn mower that we needed, we decided not to finish the rest of the trip to Southbend, due to the menacing clouds overhead(and mom had a bad gut feeling.

WE got home at about 12:00pm, Brett and I took a nap until 2pm. Jon Called from work at 2pm and told mom that 4 countys in north Indiana, had flash flooding(Way to go Mom on that gut feeling)!

Amish Man Riding His Bike!!
An Amish Buggie With Bucket Seats!!(this was our favorite)

The one thing that I thought was crazy was, even though the humidity was really high and it was raining. The Amish had their clothes out on the line, It is completely beyond me how their clothes get dry. I have been told that they do dry, I would have never guessed. I just thought that they were crazy!! The Amish never cease to amaze me!

3 comments:

mckenna said...

My internet has been down so I haven't been blog surfing for way too long! You guys seem to have been busy! Looks like fun!!

Dani W said...

Oh I am jealous. I havent been to amish country in so long. I love being out there. They are so talented when it comes to pretty much making anything. They make the best furniture and it is pretty cheap for how amazing the quality is. That and they make AWESOME jams you will have to send me some... you never know I might just make it out the one of the amish communities somewhere here in New York. How far are you guys from me?

Kathlen said...

We live about 8 hours from Palmyra. When we move to Ann Arbor it will only be 6 hours!!