We woke up to a cool morning. Everyone decided to dress warmer than the previous days. Enjoyed driving the backroads of Holmes County, Ohio. We learned that 80% of all the residents of the county are either Amish or Mennonite. There are more Amish in Ohio than any other state. The terrain of the county is rolling hills, farm and pasture, forests, and small towns. The two-laned roads twist and turn and go up and down throughout the county. It was very pleasant to drive it.
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| We saw so many buggies filled with dads, moms, kids. |
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| The roads through the county. |
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| Above and below are cars we saw at a car rally. |
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| The Amish loved beautifully painted furniture. This is a quilt trunk. |
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| A copy of a Bible that came to the United States in the 1600's when the original Amish began to settle here. They were called Anabaptist at that time. |
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| Amish school house. |
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| This was the attention-getter that brought people into an Amish store filled with antiques, crafts, furniture, etc. |
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| If an Amish person was not traveling in a horse and buggy, he would be riding a bicycle like this one. |
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| We saw horses too numerous to count. |
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| Monday must be wash day for Amish Families because nearly every home had a clothes line filled with washed clothes. |
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One of the many Amish homesteads we saw today.
It was a very pleasant day to drive the backroads of Holmes County. |
We enjoyed dinner at the Homestead Farm Restaurant. Carol and I ate way, way too much. We also spent a lot of time passing the road we wanted on and having to turn around, but that was ok because it was a relaxed sort of day. I don't think Hunter and Keegan were excited about this day this morning, but I think they ended up enjoying it almost as much as we did. We got back to camp around 5 and relaxed. Of course, we made a fire and had s'mores. We will have our nightly card games after I finish this. Tomorrow we head into Cleveland.
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