Today was our last day in Lancaster Country. We woke up early, packed, and said goodbye to the little Cottage. We drove around, looking for places to have breakfast and looking at the sights. We then went to the Strasbourg Toy Train Museum, which was awesome! Huge train displays, some interactive. E loved making the trains go and probably would have stayed there all day if not for the actual train ride coming up.
We then rode the Strasbourg Railroad line, which was a nice 45 minute ride through farm lands. E enjoyed Kettle Corn and pointed out any Amish so I could make sure not to take their pictures or capture them on video. 
We got off near Cherry Crest Farm, where we spent most of the afternoon. Today was their last day, and it was a chilly one! There was a huge corn maze, which we didn't attempt, because it really was HUGE and E wasn't sure he'd make it all the way through. We did take a little wagon ride through part of the maze though. The farm had tons of activities, from their "Make-A-Friend" workshop, where E made his new friend, Leon. Leon is a little Amish boy whose name means "Brave". E slung pumpkins, jumped in the hay stacks, went through a hay obstacle course and tunnel, saw some farm animals, nearly crushed a chick (the boy has huge hands), rode a horse, had a duck race, and nearly twisted his ankle on a huge open bounce platform. We headed out as E started stumbling around, yet proclaiming not to be sleepy the whole time. On our way out of the area, we stopped at the Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse, which is a very large shopping center full of fun crafts and gifts. I finally found my Amish Christmas ornament (we try to get one from every place we visit) and headed to Cherry Hill, NJ.
We got off near Cherry Crest Farm, where we spent most of the afternoon. Today was their last day, and it was a chilly one! There was a huge corn maze, which we didn't attempt, because it really was HUGE and E wasn't sure he'd make it all the way through. We did take a little wagon ride through part of the maze though. The farm had tons of activities, from their "Make-A-Friend" workshop, where E made his new friend, Leon. Leon is a little Amish boy whose name means "Brave". E slung pumpkins, jumped in the hay stacks, went through a hay obstacle course and tunnel, saw some farm animals, nearly crushed a chick (the boy has huge hands), rode a horse, had a duck race, and nearly twisted his ankle on a huge open bounce platform. We headed out as E started stumbling around, yet proclaiming not to be sleepy the whole time. On our way out of the area, we stopped at the Kitchen Kettle Village in Intercourse, which is a very large shopping center full of fun crafts and gifts. I finally found my Amish Christmas ornament (we try to get one from every place we visit) and headed to Cherry Hill, NJ.
We drove into Philly, saw the skyline and felt happy :-) Oh, another note about Mr. Darcy (our GPS - he has a British accent): it only works well when one enters the correct address. Turns out that Cuthbert Rd. is different than Old Cuthbert Rd...one takes us into Camden, the other to Cherry Hill. Camden is scary, but we finally made it to the hotel and got some Thai food. E fell asleep during the trip and didn't wake up until early the next morning. For those wondering how a 4 year old is handing such a busy schedule: at 5:30 a.m., he was already asking when we'd get to go do the fun stuff and wanted to go over a day to day itinerary to make sure there was going to be enough to do. The adults haven't run out of steam yet either :-)
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