Life from a truck window: Loving the amish

We stopped in Arthur, Illinois on one of our trips to deliver wood to an amish kitchen cabinet factory. It was awesome to see all of the horse and buggies and you could tell the factory had all amish factory workers as there was not a vehicle in sight, only horses in the field and tons of bicycles. We noticed there was a place beside us called Family Health Store and we decided to venture in there to see what they had available and I could have went crazy in there! It had all the kitchen items that I could ever dream of including canning items and had a lot of bulk foods and ingredients that were all natural. We ended up buying some fried green beans that are crispy like chips but they really don't taste like green beans, some dried papaya, pineapple, and peaches, all taste good except the peaches, they are mealy and bitter. Also got some unsalted sunflower seeds already shelled, and a pheasant meat stick that wasn't very good either. I was taking pictures of some of the amish as they went by and I know they don't like to have their picture taken as it is to take part of their soul but I had no one complain, maybe these are progressive amish, not sure. It sure did my heart good to be in that area and sometime fantasize about living in an amish community, I think I could do it except for giving up my cigarettes, as that would be the hardest thing to quit. I know I need to and I want to but have been unsuccessful so far.

I have been clicking away with pictures and happy to find things to take pictures of as we have blazed some new trails. I took pictures of the stream, Josh was kind enough to slow down so I could get some awesome pictures, and yes I cried once again. I am a nut, plain and simple.

I am happy now that I have internet again but I guess I am going to have to watch how much I use so we don't get low on data by the end of the cycle. I am an internet junky and love looking things up as I think about things. It is amazing how hard it is to find a microwave that will work in the truck and when we found one online it was $153 and it was only a .5 cu ft with 750 watts of power, you would think the smaller, less powered ones would cost less but I guess not. I did end up eating some speghettios today straight out of the can, it wasn't horrible but like it much better warm. I would think the truck stops would carry microwaves but we have been to many of them and the last one we went to was a bigger one that carries all sort of items but they have no microwaves, I am almost resolved to getting a slow cooker and call it good.