We are in Strasburg, PA. A beautiful area of you if stay south of route 30 - seriously. At route 30, it turns from beautiful Amish country into into a congested LI traffic jam filled with NY tourists who are as rude as can be.
We arrived last night at 7pm after a 10 hour journey on I 95. We ate at the Hershy Farm buffet restaurant, which was yummy. After dinner, we took photos by the giant Amish statue and pet the farm animals. Then, we checked in and crashed out at the Historic Strasburg Inn ou home for the next two nights. An excellent value for the money.
Today, we road the Historic Starsburg RR, which was delightful. They have done a spectacular job refurbishing the train so it looks like it is brand new. They take you for a 30 min ride with about 10 mins in stops along the way. The boys just loved this!! After the train, we did some fun train rides at the station and watched the train come a go a few times while Tas waved to everyone. Then, we had lunch in downtown Strasburg and then the boys took afternoon naps.
My brother and his wife Laura came to our hotel around 4:30pm since they live in the area. We swam in the hotel pool, then went for dinner at the Fireside Tavern, which would get mixed reviews from our crowd. I think I was the only one who loved my dinner.
What makes this a bittersweet visit for me is that my mother has a lovely second home here in Strasburg. The main reason we chose Strasburg in the first place was so the boys could see my family. Grandpa Ralph and Granma Ro were going to come too so we would have the whole family together. About three weeks ago, my mother decidec that she was "too hot and tired" to see us so she wasn't coming. She also declared that we weren't welcome to stay in her house so here we are at the Historic Strasburg Inn. This is not only extremely sad, but embarrassing for me as well so I figured I would go ahead and face my demons and and post this for the world to read.
Tomorrow, Kevin is picking up Heath at 7am at our hotel. Uncle Freddie is coming at 8am to help his beloved sister and nephews to get out of the hotel and go for breakfast and do a morning activity. Thank you Freddie!
After our visit, the traveling Clayton twins are going to LI for a week to see their Grandpa Ralph and Grandma Ro. What fun this will be!
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