After Niagara we had a long drive to Pennsylvania. We decided to stop at a place called Knoebels and let the kids play. My friend Stacey introduced me to Knoebels last year when I went to visit her while she was staying at her grandmas in Danville, PA. It is an old school amusement park where you pay per ride rather than an entrance fee. We camped for a night and spent a day and a half riding the rides. The kids were in heaven! Big thanks to Nana and Papa paying for all the rides. 🙂

We had such a great time at Knoebells. The biggest adventure was Hallie riding a grownup rollarcoaster. I really wish we would have gotten a picture of her. She saw the big coaster and decided she wanted to ride it. She barely, if even, made the height requirement and off we went. She chose the very front row and was all smiles until we took off. She was so serious and then started saying she hated it. I was laughing and loving the ride. It was a great rollarcoaster. lol After we got off she said she liked it. Silly kid. She even got a special coin from the park when they found out it was her very first coaster. That made her feel special and very proud! And although she didn’t want to ride that big coaster again she did decide to ride two smaller coasters. Both times she had the same serious face on and then after she would say she loved it. haha I loved seeing my kids have so much fun!

 

 

Intercourse, PA:

No that is not a type o. There really is a place called Intercourse. The funniest part of that is that it is Amish country. We were able to spend an afternoon touring the Amish country and seeing how the Amish live so differently than the rest of the world. We had a Amish tour guide on our little buggy ride and he told us all about the Amish life style as we rode through the beautiful country side.

I love that the Amish can live in the world but not be of the world. The LDS church teaches this principle of being different and not being afraid to stand out. As the Amish man told us about his community I was drawn to the many similarities that the Amish and mormon people have in common. And although I don’t want to wear the clothes that they wear and ride the bikes they have to ride etc. I am grateful for the similarities we share. I am proud to be mormon and stand out. We asked the tour guide lots of questions and he answered them without any hesitation. I love when my friends ask me questions about being LDS. So if you have questions…ASK! I love it!

As you can see from the pictures we had a beautiful sunny day! This is the day we discovered the a/c in our RV didn’t work. haha 2 days before our trip was over. Up until this point we didn’t need it because of the rain. I was dying when it got hot enough to need it and it didn’t work. We tried getting it fixed but to no avail. We called the rental place and they paid for us to stay in a very nice air conditioned hotel with a swimming pool. Score! It was nice to have such a comfortable bed and shower for a night. Thank goodness the next night we would be home in Virginia. No air conditioner is no bueno!

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The Harley Davidson Factory in PA. Ben and my dad took a tour and were fascinated. 🙂