Intercourse, of Course

This morning we started the day by visiting Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium.  They have over 12,000 elephant knick-knacks of all shapes and sizes.  Plus candies of all sorts.  We loaded up on the caramelicous goodness of candies such as Mary Janes, Slowpokes, Bit-O-Honey, Longboys, and Amy's new favorite: Squirrel Nut Zippers!

Then it was off to Gettysburg and the National Military Park there.  The museum has many artifacts and tells the story of the civil war with an emphasis on the most famous battle at Gettysburg where over 7,000 were killed, 33,000 wounded and 10,000 missing.  Pretty somber.  One quote said "Ye advocates of war, come here and look, and answer what compensation is there for this carnival of death."

After all that we took a detour to visit the factory outlet stores for Utz potato chips and Snyder pretzels.  We purchased a bag of snacks at each place.  That should get us through our trip and then some.

On a lighter note, we traveled the backroads towards our hotel outside of Philadelphia.  The journey took us through the town of Intercourse, near Lancaster.  Amy wanted a double entendre in Intercourse, so we stopped and Dave gave her one. Sadly, it seemed that all the Amish stores are closed on Sundays.  We passed many buggies and Amish farms.  It is always fascinating to see how two different cultures coexist in the same space.

A nice Chinese dinner and some light shopping followed our checkin at the hotel.  Now it is just time for unwinding and relaxing before we hit the big city tomorrow.