Fall Day 2 - Cottage Living

Our little cottage is so cute! It's really tiny, but has plenty of room for just a couple days. It's absolutely beautiful out here! The leaves are turning, the grass is green, and there is a creek right by the cottage.

We started the morning just running around outside, then we drove around in search of covered bridges. Here are a couple we found.

Then we went to Lancaster's Children's Museum, where E played all sorts of Lancater-esk games, including fishing, farming, and building. After lunch, we went to the Amish Village, where we got a tour of an Amish home and farm. It clearly wasn't "real", but it was very interesting. Driving around we have seen so many beautiful farms, families working and playing, and travelers racing down the street in their buggies. Since they don't like their picture taken, you won't see any here...

Then we headed to Strasburg, a train lover's Paradise (btw, we also went to Paradise, the little town). We went to the National Train Museum first, where there were dozens of actual trains on display, from all eras. E was able to (pretend) conduct one of the trains.

We then went to the Choo Choo Barn, which is one of the best train displays I've ever seen! It was designed to be a miniature version of Lancaster Country, complete with an Amish barn raising, local attractions, and even a burning house (the little fire truck goes right over, and the firemen climb up ladders to put the fire out. We bought the DVD in case anyone wants to see it :-) Right next door was the Thomas Depot, were E got a new friend, Whiff. We spent our last night at the Cottage watching the Choo Choo DVD and preparing for out next adventure.