Flowers and the Amish

We stayed "home" yesterday but learned to get in line early or very late for anything to eat.  With over 750 people here, mostly elders, who don't miss many meals, we fit right in.  This was just the part of the line I could get with my cell phone.  But they do a great job once it starts to move.

Last night was the "big" candlelight dinner.. sit down and served.  It took about 1:45 to get through the courses.  The bison was great and the 4 shrimp were large.  All was very good.

Each person was served everything here... not something to choose from.

We spent today (Tues) touring the countryside and snapping pictures of the "Quilt Flowers"  (see additional info on our blog from Aug 4)...  We stopped at a number of the places on the tour including Elkhart, Middlebury, and Shipshewana.  The later was particularly interesting because of the many Amish folk who intermingle with the "normal?"  people as they go about their daily lives and work in local businesses. We didn't see many of the menfolk. But the very neat farms with white buildings, wagons, and horses are all over the area.

You can see my other pictures from today of the flower stops and the Amish on my blog link HERE

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