Rain started falling as we prepared to leave for the Philadelphia. I got rather wet as I put away the water hose and power cord and drained the tanks. The rain continued most of the morning, getting hard at times. We drove down the Delaware Water Gap to Stroudsburg and then down PA33 and a few other roads to Birchview Farm Campground. Gretchen went into overload on the way down; I thought we were going to have to get by without her, but the reset button seemed to fix her.
We arrived about 2:00 as the weather cleared and it warmed up to about 70. By 2:30, we were looking for someplace to explore. We checked at the office where they suggested the Amish country. It is only about 20 miles from here, so away we went. We enjoyed looking at the beautiful farm country that took us to Intercourse, PA, a farm and tourist town with lots of shops featuring authentic Amish goods as well as items from other parts of the country and world. Laurel struck it rich, so to speak. There were two things she wanted to find on the trip, and she found them both. One is a pottery canister that we will use to hold cooking utensils, and the other a lace table cloth for the dining room table. She also found a large, wood drying rack at a reasonable price that we will use for drying clothes this winter. Pru found a few things as well, including a metal planter rack. Good thing we have space in the back of the truck for these large items.
We concluded our visit to Intercourse with dinner. This turned out to be our one disappointment of the day.
Tomorrow we go into Philadelphia. I hope the weather holds.
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