Saturday, we drove to Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a last hurrah before my daughter starts college.
DJ’S TASTE OF THE 50’S
First we lunched at the vintage 50’s sock hop burger place that caught my eye last year, but was closed for Labor Day.
Here is the back of DJ’s, where some of the customers brought their vintage vehicles.
Indoors and out we heard 50’s music like, Johnny Angel.
Since the day was beautiful, we ate on the patio.
The kids got flavored phosphates to drink with their sandwiches.
The bread is homemade from a shop down the street, which is part of Amish and Mennonite Country.
Suggesting we enjoy dessert indoors to experience that vibe, we ordered 50s style ice cream sodas!
The wait staff were all in costume, and our waitress even had earrings that are records.
Although we want return for the kids’ meals, they won’t let us.
A customer has to be ten years old or under for the kids’ meal, which comes on a special cardboard cut out tray in the design of a classic 50’s car.
QUILTS
Then we did a little quilt fabric shopping at my favorite place, The Old Country Store, which also has a selection of items in the front that’s fun general merchandise, Amish Country style.
HOTEL CLARION INN STRASBURG
Since it embued so much charm, we stayed at the Hotel Clarion Inn in Strasburg.
We could see steam from the Strasburg Train across the fields of corn from the hotel.
BIKING IN VALLEY FORGE
The next morning we drove to Valley Forge to ride rented bikes through the Continental Army’s encampment.
Since we toured Valley Forge last year, we zipped along where we wanted and stopped where we wanted, which was a lot of fun.
I just love all the hilly, windy roads…and especially I was pleased with designated bike trails.
Lots of Gothic architecture at the Washington Memorial Chapel, which we didn’t have time to tour last year, so we spent time there on this trip.
STRASBURG TRAIN RIDE
After we left Valley Forge, we drove to Strasburg to ride the train…where we saw the Good Humor Man!
More costumes on the train, 1915!
Back at the station, the engine moves to the new front of the train for the next ride out.
