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Looking Back #4A

After two weeks of exploring from our KOA CG we decided to stay a couple more weeks. However, our original site was already reserved for another rig, and we had to move. The site we moved to was very similar to the first except for TV reception. Heavy tree cover in the new site prevented any hope of finding a dish signal. Oh no! We had to rough it with our bat antenna. We got all the major networks fairly clearly and Linda had her books and I just love the extra time to post on the numerous forums I visit daily.



We did a lot of driving around in areas within range of our CG. We visited Mennonite villages and towns and a huge Mennonite flea market. They live much the same as the Amish but not nearly as strictly. They have phones and electrical power. However, they do have large families and when in the flea market it sure looked like every family had attractive teen-age girls. They were dressed in ankle length skirts with a large apron and a white bonnet. We didn’t take pictures. They shy away from cameras, so we never tried.

As the cotton mills went out of business, they left a lot of very large buildings behind. Many were converted into loft apartments and others became department stores. On a day trip to Reading, PA we found a huge outlet mall that had been converted from cotton mills. Top name brand “seconds” were sold there at a tremendous savings.







On another day trip to Hershey, PA we visited the Hershey chocolate factory. It was a nice tour and there were sections where candy and other foods and drinks were served. However, much of the tour centered on automated mock-ups. Very little of the actual candy production processes were shown. But there were samples everywhere.