We got back on the road ...first stop the Ephrata Cloister. It was founded in 1732 as a Protestant German religious community. Unfortunately, they were doomed from the start by deciding that all the members, men and women, would remain celibate...a choice made easier by sleeping on narrow wood beds with a 4x4x6 block of wood for a pillow. The last member died in 1813. Before becoming extinct they did erect some really interesting buildings. They had a printing press which they used to print the 1500 page Martyr's Mirror for the Mennonites, a large publication in colonial times. The women were accomplished in calligraphy and illumination.
Love the randomly placed dormers on this roof.
Leaving Ephrata we headed south through Lancaster and surrounding towns. It is beautiful country populated with huge grain farms. Amish territory! I am fascinated by their lifestyle. Keeping it simple and unplugged.
Laundry day
Convenience store
Amish delivery truck. Children having recess at the one-room schoolhouse on the left.
Beautiful farm, with laundry drying in the breeze.
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