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Amish furniture
We love Amish furniture. Part of it is that we love furniture made from solid wood. Another part is that we appreciated craftsmanship. The third part is that we like a bargain. Which is why I drove for 8 hours on Saturday to pick up two oak swivel gliders to replace the very uncomfortable loveseat … Continue reading
GTW Hop 5: Gettysburg, PA, to Lorton, VA
101 miles via PA 116, US 15, I-270, I-495, I-95 and VA 600 and 242. Cumulative distance: 775 miles. A ding-a-day. It is the theme of this trip. It would be more accurate to say “ding a hop” but that doesn’t have quite the same ring. So a ding-a-day it is. The Hop 5 ding … Continue reading
Gettysburg, PA
If you want to swim for a few hours in a deep pool of American history, just visit the Gettysburg National Military Park. I can’t say that I have been to all of the great battlefields of the world, but this one is huge (24 square miles), relatively new (the battle was 149 years ago) … Continue reading
GTW Hop 4: Gordonville, PA, to Gettysburg, PA
68 miles via US 30 and PA 116. Cumulative distance: 674 miles This “easy” hop took over 2 hours to complete. US 30 was bumper-to-bumper for about half the distance we traveled on it. Not fun. Because I was concentrating so hard on not running into the guy in front of me, I didn’t get … Continue reading
Gordonville, PA
Gordonville lies just a few miles east of Lancaster and is in the heart of “Pennsylvania Dutch” country. We stayed at the Country Acres Campground and dined last night at the Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant. We also visited some Amish furniture shops and bought a couple of small tables for bedside use, which I think showed … Continue reading
GTW Hop 3: Milford, NY, to Gordonville, PA
282 miles via NY 28, I-88, I-81, I-476, US 22, 222 and 30. Cumulative distance: 606 miles The “B” on the map is our refueling stop, this being the first hop (of very few, I hope) that we could not complete on a single tank of fuel. We can’t assume that any service station will … Continue reading