July 1, 2009 (Lancaster County, Amish Country)

We started our day on July 1 by visiting the beautiful capitol building in Harrisburg. The building was truly a work of art.

We then made our way to Amish Country. We visited towns like Bird-in-Hand and Intercourse. I loved the clothes drying from lines in the yards.

We also saw a lot of horses and buggies.

This was a really cute store with a quilt museum upstairs. Mom and Grandma spent a lot of time shopping there, so the boys took advantage of the candy and the checkers. Boys happy and Mama happy!

We probably weren't supposed to take this picture of a little Amish man in his fields, but it was irresistable.

I loved the brick art we saw all over the area. This is a great example:

We spent the night in this brand spanking new Marriott in Lancaster. It had only been open for about two weeks. They integrated the hotel into a historic building. They also built the hotel right around an old brick home which had ties to the Underground Railroad.