With a Friday off from work and the sun expected to shine all day, I was ready for a day trip. Up early, and ready for some of those breakfast items the lodge provides. But wait. There is a bus load of teenagers getting ready to leave--how did they get them up sooooooo early? Almost all fruit is gone, there is one lone mini muffin in the container, five limp looking waffels; but, yes, there are some pre-packaged omletes. Kids, that would have taken them all of 60 seconds to heat in the microwave; way too long to have to wait for a meal. As I sat down to enjoy my two eggs and cheese, two of the teenage girls started horsing around. Before you know it, one shoves the other and they almost knock the rack with the microwave on it down a flight of stairs. The rack hits a painting on the wall, and it falls to the railing and is dangling there. I get up to move the painting before it hits the floor and shatters the glass. One of the chaperons is in the lobby on the floor before us, but all they get out of him is a nasty look. Kids today--so many of them think the world is their personal playground. I am sure that the hotel staff AND all of the guests on the first floor where the bus was running it's engine for almost an hour where glad to finally hear that busload pull out.
The road to Lancaster is Rt 30, which has equal measure of moving fast and moving at a snale's pace to get from Gettysburg and Lancaster. An hour and a half later, I am in Lancaster. The day is so very beautiful, but a little windy today. My first stop this morning is the Green Dragon Farmers Market. So many good things to enjoy. At the Amish vendor shown above there are Shoe Fly pies, strawberry pies, several flavors of whoopie pies and plenty of pecan and pecan raisin covered cinnamon rolls. It was really hard to decide what to select. One tray of pecan raisin cinnamon rolls to enjoy for tomorrow morning and a slice of what turned out to be a scrumptious pumpkin roll with cream cheese filling that I enjoyed after dinner later in the evening.
What I really enjoy are the prices at some of these places. There were baskets of yellow peppers--three huge peppers per basket--for a $1!!!!! And, red peppers of the same size for $2. You betcha I got some of those. The tomatoes SMELL like juicy tomatoes, and again, check out those prices! You almost want to just take a bite right now.
And, then I found another bonus. There was a vendor selling kitchen towels with some decent designs on them. These have been to hard to find any more. Most stores are only carrying the plain colors of kitchen towels with no designs at all. All I could think was WHAT A FIND. I bought 16 towels to make up for the craft shows for this fall. I'm sure you can see I was not the only one getting in these bargins from the crowd showing up in the picture.
There is so much to tell you about this area, it will have to wait for another day.
And, then I found another bonus. There was a vendor selling kitchen towels with some decent designs on them. These have been to hard to find any more. Most stores are only carrying the plain colors of kitchen towels with no designs at all. All I could think was WHAT A FIND. I bought 16 towels to make up for the craft shows for this fall. I'm sure you can see I was not the only one getting in these bargins from the crowd showing up in the picture.
Sounds like a lovely day indeed! All that food talk made me hungry but it's too late at night to eat now.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see pictures of those towels all made up :)