Sunday, November 11, 2007

Pennsylvania Dutch Country

We arrived at the White Oak Campground on Thursday, November 8th. For the next week, we did a variety of things in this "Land of the Amish". We were here primarily to visit with Peg's sister-in-law, Debbie, new husband Earl and all the nieces, nephews and their families. So Debbie decided to have an early Thanksgiving Dinner for all of us. It was great and all of the family were together at the same time.

That was November 11th which happened to be my birthday. The big 52 this year! Brien, Peg's nephew, had a birthday coming on Nov 17th and Peg's birthday is on November 18th so a cake was made to celebrate all three birthdays. A nice and unexpected topping to the day which consisted of food, talk and a good time.

At the campground, a jam session with local musicians took place and Peg and I decided to check it out. They mostly played country songs and some bluegrass and it was a nice treat on a cold, rainy day. Many of the neighbors to the campground came by to hear the tunes as they do every weekend.

Peg and I also included some work in this visit. We shot footage and did an interview for our
American RVer show at the visitor center for Lancaster and the Pennsylvania Dutch country. We then traveled around the county shooting "B" roll footage to go with the interview. We saw of lot of neat things including covered bridges (three of them actually) in some remote locations. We had to visit the Wilbur Chocolate Factory in Lititz, PA. We actually interviewed the manager for American RVer and we then took a tour of the facility. Of course we had to sample the inventory!!

The weather was turning colder so we decided to start our trek south and try to find some warmer weather. Heading to Virginia, near the Cumberland Gap next. On the way, we plan on stopping at the Natural Bridge, in Virginia......

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