TUESDAY AUGUST 28, 2012
THE RED CABOOSE HOTEL, RONKS, PA
My second day was spent enjoying more ofsame:shopping the Amish crafts,nourishing myselfwith the wonderful food and stalking the Amish. Now the Amish do not like to be photographed, it has something to do with their religion, so I had to be very sneaky with my camera.But I must be pretty good at itbecause, so far, I haveno arrest warrants against me.And thanks to the rental car agency also, who gave me auglynon- descript, non- memorable little silver car.
As for some of the sights to see in Lancaster county, besides Amish people, they also have 29 covered wooden bridges. I saw 3, one of which ( pictured) I would classify as being orginial and not having been built for the tourists. This wooden bridge is a “double long” and it spans 2 creeks. It is also in disrepair and can only be used for foot traffic.
Quilts are a popular enterprise in this area. There is a Quilt Museum (which I never made it to – it keeps odd hours and days) but they are many, many shops that sell quilts, fancy pillows, pot holders and the such.
A very clever hotel venture for this area is The Red Caboose. When Don Denlinger bid on 19 retired cabooses at an auction on a dare, he surprisingly won all of them for $100.00. Thus the start of the Red Caboose Hotel. They have been cleaned them up, converted to hotel rooms and are now a caboose hotel. It is a colorful and darling sight to see sitting smack dab in the midde of the corn fields! There is even a converted silo / now “viewing tower” which I climbed 76 steps to the top. The hotel also has a restaurant in a proper dining car along with a wooden train playground.
HERR”S MILL BRIDGE
VIEWING TOWER SILO AT THE RED CABOOSE HOTEL
QUILTS ON DISPLAY
Amish Father and Son in Town
Amish Farmer in the Field
Jeannie's Travel Addiction 