Friday October 3
October 3 Friday, KOA Campground, Mercer, Pennsylvania
After a night of quite a bit of rain, woke to a very cold soggy morning, although the sun was trying to get through. Today we set Jilly for a south west route that took us into the eastern corner of Pennyslvania, through the back roads. For most of the trip we passed through non agriculture areas, with only a few small towns.
We stopped in a little place called Pleasantville to get a coffee to go, and once again went into a small restaurant where everyone looked when we walked in. These little places are really the centre of small communities, and we did feel like outsiders.
Arrived in Franklin and the streets were lined with cars, and there were signs for parking in fields, but couldn’t see what was on. The streets were quite jammed, finally asked someone only to find out it was the annual Applefest and he could tell us that 100,000 people were expected over the 3 days. Manoeuvred through the crowds and managed to get a quiet park down by the river where we had a quiet lunch…decided not to battle the crowds.
Headed to the campground about 4, and have booked in for 2 nights…time for a catch up day, cleaning up Ruakiwi and sorting out cupboards, preparation as not long now till we head home. It’s a good camp and one of the busiest we have seen for awhile, so many are close to closing for the winter. There are a number of seasonal sites and the decorations that people put around their sites always make me chuckle. Lights seem to be very important along with flags and ornaments.
We have seen a few Armish on our travels this afternoon, intriguing to see a mother and daughter pull into Walmart, tie the horse up to the power pole and go shopping! Even spotted one driving through the camp, but too slow getting my camera.
After a night of quite a bit of rain, woke to a very cold soggy morning, although the sun was trying to get through. Today we set Jilly for a south west route that took us into the eastern corner of Pennyslvania, through the back roads. For most of the trip we passed through non agriculture areas, with only a few small towns.
We stopped in a little place called Pleasantville to get a coffee to go, and once again went into a small restaurant where everyone looked when we walked in. These little places are really the centre of small communities, and we did feel like outsiders.
Arrived in Franklin and the streets were lined with cars, and there were signs for parking in fields, but couldn’t see what was on. The streets were quite jammed, finally asked someone only to find out it was the annual Applefest and he could tell us that 100,000 people were expected over the 3 days. Manoeuvred through the crowds and managed to get a quiet park down by the river where we had a quiet lunch…decided not to battle the crowds.
Headed to the campground about 4, and have booked in for 2 nights…time for a catch up day, cleaning up Ruakiwi and sorting out cupboards, preparation as not long now till we head home. It’s a good camp and one of the busiest we have seen for awhile, so many are close to closing for the winter. There are a number of seasonal sites and the decorations that people put around their sites always make me chuckle. Lights seem to be very important along with flags and ornaments.
We have seen a few Armish on our travels this afternoon, intriguing to see a mother and daughter pull into Walmart, tie the horse up to the power pole and go shopping! Even spotted one driving through the camp, but too slow getting my camera.
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Where can I order a hundred!!