This is the Jim Thorpe memorial in the town of Jim Thorpe, he was an Indian athlete who won numerous medals in the Olympics in the early 1900's. He excelled in many sports including football which he played for many years in the town of Carlisle. He was good at almost any sport you can think of including dancing. He was born in Belmont Oklahoma but when it came to putting up a memorial to him his home town didn't want it. The little town of Montauk said they would have it and changed the name of the town to Jim Thorpe. Oklahoma now want the memorial in their state but the town of Jim Thorpe will never let it go. Good on them.
We went downtown in Lancaster to the Central Market Square
We went for a tour through the Harley Davidson factory in York, there was high security with no phones or cameras allowed inside so no photos of the production but it was a very interesting and informative tour
After our tour we went on to Gettysburg which was the scene of the biggest and bloodiest battle of the American Civil War.
There was an extensive museum which took quite a while to go through
They also had a diorama which was painted in about 1812 and has recently been restored and rehoused to make a very impressive display
Got to sit with Abe Lincoln
The scene of the Gettysburg address
Part of the battlefield, looks peaceful enough these days. Hard to believe over 50,000 men and boys died here.
We also went to Longwood Gardens
This property was owned by Pierre Du Pont a high profile business man who bought the 1,077 acre farm in the early 1900's to preserve the trees on it.
Got a couple of sneaky photos of the Amish
They don't like to be photographed
How's this for a tree house
Amish at work
We listened to a recital in here of a 10,000 pipe organ
Giant water lillies, note the size in comparison to the glasses
The grotto
The conservatory in the background is 4 acres in size and was built between 1919 and 1921
The 14,000 plus pieces of the fountain area have all been dismantled cleaned and rebuilt over the last 2 years and the overall effect is spectacular. It's impossible to show all of it in a couple of photos.
They put on a fantastic show to music with the fountain similar to Balagio in Las Vegas. At night it is illuminated.
We found Johnny and June's garden
We took a bicycle ride through the Amish countryside
Covered bridges
Conastoga River
Amish at work
Lush green fields
More Amish
We went to Intercourse on the way to Paradise
Had fun shopping in Kitchen Kettle Amish Village
Sunday 3rd September 2017
We managed to get in touch with Judy and Perry whom we met on our travels in the states 7 years ago. We went out for a fabulous lunch and had a good catch up on what we had all done since the last time we saw them. They were both just as great as the last time we saw them and it was just like we had only seen them weeks ago.
Today was also Crabfest day at Ed and Carols which is a big event they put on every year. We were invited 7 years ago and couldn't make it but were happy to attend this year.
Grass mowed lawn prepared
Marque set ready to go
Hughie got to the third round in the Corn Toss competition
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