This morning we went for a drive to Susquehannock State Park. It is in the southern part of Lancester County. The drive took us through towns and a lot of farm land. When I say the drive was up and down and around you have no idea what the roads are like here. There isn't a flat road anywhere, or a straight road anywhere. We saw signs like 1000 foot drop ahead. The average speed limit is about 40 mph. The roads were also built for horse and buggies, so they are narrow with no shoulders or ditches. You compete with horse & buggies, bikes, and semis. The number one form of transportation here is the horse & buggy, number two is the bike, and number three is the car. When there is an accident, roads are shut down for miles. There is no logical layout for the roads. You can be 6 or 7 miles from where you want to go, but it can take 20 or 30 minutes to get there.
I was disappointed in the State Park. There is one road you drive in on and then back out. There are a couple of shelters and picnic areas and lots of trees. The only nice thing was a lookout over the Susquehanna river. Ledges beats it a dozen times over.
We saw a few Amish farmers in the fields. Most of the corn is out, but the beans haven't beened picked yet. This is the first time we remember seeing bean fields. We hope we are still here when there are harvested. It will be interesting to see how the Amish do it. They use one and two row corn pickers pulled by 3 or 4 horses. The also bail the corn stocks for feed. You also see a lot of dairy cows, open range chickens, and goats. We went by one farm that had a fenced in area full of turkeys.
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