Intercourse, PA

There are a lot of small towns (though calling them "towns" is probably being generous) in Pennsylvania with strange names, many of them in Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch (a.k.a. German) areas. Among these are Bird-in-Hand, Blue Ball, Virginville, and Intercourse, which was our destination with Kerri and Shannon on the Saturday afternoon of Memorial weekend. Intercourse is south of Reading in Lancaster County. Because it was already mid-afternoon when we got there, we spent most of our time in the Kitchen Kettle Village shopping area.

Here we are in front of the Kitchen Kettle Village wagon.

Not far from the wagon, Kerri had a run in with this donkey, which she claims tried to bite her three times (the donkey might ask her why she is holding her hand out like it is food).

Fortunately, Kerri was able to find an animal that liked her better.

Shannon was also able to gain some authentic cow-milking experience.

Behind the shops was a seating area with a view of the fields. It is too bad there were a bunch of people on the benches blocking the view.

Most of the shops closed around five so we had to leave before Kerri and Shannon got a chance to offer their newly-gained farming experience to this person who was plowing a nearby field.

This post concludes our Saturday adventures. On Friday we'll cover our Sunday trip to Philadelphia.