Lancaster & Lititz PA; Amish Area & Torrential Rain

We recently relocated from a very nice great week long stay in Washington DC to the Amish area of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  It is also known as the Pennsylvania Dutch Country.  Lancaster is located in the south central part of the state.  This was a mostly easy drive of only 110 miles, but we had some traffic to deal with in DC, Baltimore, and York PA.  And parts of I-83 were terribly rough.

But, it was a safe drive and we arrived early in the day at around 2pm.  Our RV friends, Calvin and Sue arrived the day before we did and were there to welcome us.

Old Mill Stream Campground

This is an older campground located just on the edge of Lancaster, and is right behind an amusement park that is open on weekends.  We would walk up by the roller coaster to amuse ourselves.  It was one of the old wooden support coasters and looked like it might be fun for the kids.

I probably would not stay at this park again due to small lots that are mostly muddy gravel.  Of course that was made worse by almost daily rains.  On back to back days, we had 3+ inches of rain each day.  I started thinking back to the Noah’s Ark replica we saw last month!

I was a little concerned about the small creek about 75 feet from our RV spot.  By the time we left, it was a raging river.  For a few days, the weather alerts kept going off on my phone for flood warning alerts.  I was wondering if we might have to move to higher ground!

The only real cool thing about this park was an Amish family would drive their horse and buggy through selling their baked goods.  The whole family helped their business.  Calvin must have enjoyed this because he kept buying more treats and even very nicely shared with us!

Suits TV series

Well we started watching a new to us series on Amazon video – Suits.  It is well written and is very interesting.  Interesting enough to binge watch the first season.  We only have six more seasons to go.  🙂  One of the stars is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

Diesel fuel prices

I have always filled up the truck the day before our relocation day.  With the 48 gallon fuel tank, it is really not necessary, but I feel more prepared that way.  I used fuel in the drive to Lancaster and also in driving around all week.  It was only 16 gallons, but the price had gone up $.36 to $3.56 per gallon from the week before!  Hopefully, the end of the increases is near.

Lancaster City Market

On Friday we went to the market (link) with our RV friends, Calvin and Sue.  The old city market was full of vendors and shoppers and looked very successful.  Many of the sellers were Amish and selling many varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables.  There were also many meat vendors.  Plus many that had baked goods.  Yummy.

Lancaster Walking Tour

On a day that was predicted to be rainy, we signed up for a walking tour put on by the city.  It was a historical tour of the old downtown area and our guide was an 88 year old gentleman who had been giving these tours for 45 years.  He was also very tiny at perhaps 4’6″

He was quite interesting and told us many stories of how things used to be.  Lancaster has a population of 59,000 and is the 8th largest of PA’s cities.  It is also one of the oldest inland towns in the US, dating back to 1730’s and was the capital of Pennsylvania until 1812.  More history in link here.

Sight and Sound Theater

The Sight and Sound theater located in Lancaster has an incredible theatrical /musical production of their show twice per day.  More than a million people per year come to watch the Bible come to life in their presentation.

The way they perform it is by using a full wrap around stage that puts the audience in the middle of the action.  And by using hundreds of animals, maybe a hundred people and real life sets.

The show we saw was the life of Jesus.  Back in the fall, we saw the Moses show at their sister theater in Branson, MO.  Attend one of these shows if you can.

Lititz PA for Lunch

One day we all drove over to Lititz to see another beautiful old Dutch town.  We both drove our pair of dually trucks and looked a awhile for a parking spot.  Finally found two large spaces near an English pub.  The Bulls Head Public House was a trip back to London.  Authentic looking place and some great food.  I had the ESB draft beer.  Tasty.

Well, that’s it for this week.  Thanks for riding along with us and leave a comment if you wish.  We enjoy the feedback.  Next week we move almost straight north to the northern border of Pennsylvania to the Ive Run COE park.  This is the same park that we stayed at last summer.

Take care and God Bless.