A Little More Lancaster

Of course, I had to visit the Central Market of Lancaster! It is the oldest farmers’ market in the country and is held in a 120 year old brick building.

There were loads of products available and I must admit that I did buy a few things.

I also bought a bag to replace the one I left behind at Barb’s house.

I wanted to look up the Lancaster Creative Reuse Center, which I had been following since it opened, and I found it!

Back when I was first considering retirement, I though I might try to get something like this going in Kalamazoo.

 

I didn’t, although, I probably had this much crammed in my house and in my closet at school. I could have opened up something without taking a single donation.

Lancaster Creative Reuse turned out really well, though.  I was so happy that the founder, Andrea, was in the shop the day I visited. She gave me a lot of advice about starting a creative reuse center. 

We made plans to meet another day for lunch.

I also made a trip to see Herr’s Snack and take a tour of the factory.  They do seem to like their chips and pretzels in this section of the state. There are any number of snack factories to tour.

Most of the lines were down for maintenance, but it was still an interesting tour. And, they gave us samples to take with us.

And a little book of sayings based on the book of Proverbs.

Heading back to Lancaster, I got a ping from the HISTORY Here app that I was near Robert Fulton’s birthplace. Detour!

Unfortunately, I missed the tours.

Wrong day. Wrong month.

What would a trip to Lancaster be without eating in the Amish area?

I decided to head to Kling House. I liked these little crackers and pepper spread they brought with the menu. I had an interesting view out the window while waiting for my lunch.

When I first saw it, I would have sworn it was the tallest horse I’d ever seen.

All right, there you have it. My work here is done.