Lancaster From the Inn Side
Pumpkinology
Lancaster County has the richest non-irrigated soil in the country, so we grow a lot of food. But I suspect the farmers here have some fun when they plant pumpkins – I have never seen so many different varieties. So, if you think they have to be orange, come with me today as I visit …
Christmas in Lancaster County
It’s the most wonderful time of the year to be in Lancaster County, especially in Terre Hill! The church bells across the street from the inn play Christmas carols, our neighbor’s wood stove gives off great smells and carolers just paid a visit. Bruce and I are putting the finishing touches on the last batch …
Do they REALLY sell mud?
Well… not exactly. But it’s a long standing tradition in Lancaster County to have mud sales and we guarantee that you haven’t seen anything quite like it. Known as auctions everywhere else, in Lancaster they are simply called “sales”. Throughout the months of February and March, volunteer fire departments from Gap to Intercourse hold these …
“My Kind of Town”
Do those words remind you of a song perhaps? Frank Sinatra recorded it in the 60’s, about Chicago. Although Bruce is a huge fan of Ole’ Blue Eyes, I don’t often have Sinatra songs stuck in my head. But this one came to mind last night as I drove home from a Terre Hill Days …
All the County is a Fair in Lancaster
Harvest time is here – bright pumpkins dot the rolling hills, fields of mums stretch through the farmland. Farmers are busy cutting down corn, drying tobacco, and bringing in the last of the tomato crops. There’s a busy-ness as a touch of fall starts to turn the leaves just a bit…you can feel it in …
Lions and Tigers and Christmas in Lancaster County
Recently I had a chance to go on a lion hunt in Lancaster County. And they were joined by zebras and tigers and bears too. Find that hard to believe? I was in the storage rooms of the Millennium Theatre of Sight and Sound – a Christian Theatre in Strasburg. I had gone to the …
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