Time To Say Good-Bye

October 1st, 2012
E, F, & G Campground
Rising Sun, Maryland

It's been a wonderful visit with family but now it's time to move on.  Just a few family pictures and family history for the journal so we can remember our visit.

On the way to "The Cabin" on the Conowinga River.

The sun came out and just happened to be shining on the yellowish tree

Gordo carefully picking his way down the hill.

Frannie starting the brawts and hamburgers,  thankfully brother John arrived to finish the job.

 Gordo is waiting to go for a ride in the boat

Meese
Sue
Frannie
Ellen
Betty
John

 Charlie and Mary Ann

Joe's niece

Aunt Ruth, Vi (91) and
Pam, Ruth's daughter

 Ed and baby Lillie Rose

Sue and Al

Frannie's sister

Cousin Betty and Don

Aunt Liz's daughter

 I have never seen apples for sale by the bush or peck

At the cabin looking up the Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam on 

the Susquehanna River

     

This is kind of a weird feeling for my Joseph C Conrad.

This is Joe's great grandfather who built the barn, with the help of his son Harry Conrad.

Harry would have been about 18 yrs and he wrote his name on the barn.  Harry, Joe's grandfather lived on here on the farm up until he died in 1954.

Joe sitting on his great grandfathers grave marker.

(Everyone says that Joe
 looks just like his father,
 Joseph P. Conrad)

Joe's grandfather, helped his father (Joseph C Conrad) build the barn that is dated 1900.

Harry married Edith Preston and they lived on the farm until Harry died.

They had five children:
Joseph
Easter
James
John
Margarete

 These three pictures were taken last April when we visited.
The trees were just starting to leaf out.

Through all these years the different owners have kept this plank original

You can just barely see the 1900, showing when they built the barn.

 Looking through a window into the Meeting House, the women sat on one side and the men sat on the other side. On the other side of the wall
Notice on the picture above the two doors, one for women and one for men.
This arrangement is so they are not distracted by the opposite sex.
Well darn!!!!!!

In Ellen's yard 

Ellen and DIL Erin















Frannie and Son Joe

Joe and sister Ellen

And all four of us,

Nancy

Joe

Ellen

Frannie

That's it for this year's visit.

Next heading for Rehoboth Beach area, Delaware to meet up with 20 other Airstreamers and we will be starting the 40 day Southeast Coast Spectacular Caravan so I will be posting at every stop.

Until then, safe travels to all.

Nancy 

Back to Rising Sun

Sept 21 - 30, 2012
Rising Sun, Maryland

Not too much to report on, a beautiful drive south, still going on all the state roads so it's sometimes a little slower.  Just before we crossed the Mason-Dixon line we stopped at an Amish vegetable stand.  Red or green peppers, 3/1.00, vine ripe tomatoes, 4/2.00, everything was at a good price and the truck garden was in perfect shape.  No pictures, as most don't allow that.

We are at Joe's sister Ellen and BIL Frannie.  They have a beautiful house on six acres that boarders the Pennsylvania line and a State Forest.  It's so nice to visit with family.  Ellen is quite the cook, I think she is trying to fatten me up a little more. Saturday we are going up to "The Cabin" on the Conowinga  River, a great get away place.  Ellen invited every relative within 50 miles.  Of course not everyone will be able to come but it will be fun to meet and greet the ones that do come.

We were here last spring so if you want you can check on the blogs and pictures from that time, 4/25, there are several postings.

Thanks for stopping by

Nancy

Still in Rising Sun

Part 3 of 3
Rising Sun, Maryland

About 50 miles away in York, PA is the Harley-Davidson Plant so off we went.  They had many motorcycles on display that you could sit on.  Pictures were not allowed on the tour.  The tour was spectacular, starting with a 10 min movie and then out on the floor.  The tour started at the very beginning of building the motorcycles where machines stamped out the fender from a square piece of metal.  At the end of the 90 min tour we observed the motor cycles being test driven and thoroughly check out then the motorcycles are loaded in a truck.  A great free tour I would highly recommend it even if you don't care about motorcycles.

There were about 8 or 9 motorcycles that you could sit on

 This is the one I want

Gas tanks 

Another tour that we went on was at Herr's potato chips and pretzels.  Again we were not able to take pictures.  A great tour and there is nothing better than a handful of warm chips right off the line.

Joe, Frannie and his brother waiting for the tour with their tickets

In the Amish communities there are some odd names of small villages

We were driving down the road and saw a sign that said Home Made Root Beer

Joe slammed on the brakes and started up this long driveway

In these double doors is the sales room along with many Amish items

There was no electric, an oil lamp was used inside the store

The root beer was really good

Cherry trees were everywhere

Joe's parents

Joe's brother

Ellen's gardens

We had a wonderful time visiting with Ellen, Frannie and family.  By the time we left I felt like I had known them for years.  We are really looking forward to visiting again next September.

Have a blessed day

Joe and Nancy