Sugarcreek, Ohio (written Sat. - Sept. 23rd)

We are now in Sugarcreek, Ohio at Winklepleck Park, the site of the Swiss Festival Airstream rally – the most popular rally within WBCCI. Sugarcreek is on the edge of Holmes County, the home of the largest Amish community in the world. It’s a beautiful area with rolling hills, open farmland, lots of horsedrawn buggies - and lots of tourists.



The picture shows where we are parked at the rally site. We have the motorhome on the left. The trailer and red pickup on the right belong to Fred and Sara Creighton. We met with the Creightons in Fort Chiswell, Virginia and traveled together to Sugarcreek, arriving late Friday afternoon.

After registering for the rally on Saturday, we drove over to the little village of Charm where we first shopped the Keim Lumber Company, then ate lunch at Grandma’s Homestead Restaurant. Kemi Lumber is a first class hardware store with as complete a storeroom as can be imagined. The Homestead Restaurant features Amish cooking – excellent food. After lunch we visited an Amish leather shop and bought some belts.

Back at the rally site, the evening’s entertainment featured a three man musical comedy routine. A singer-guitarist, a banjo player, and an accordion player entertained for an hour. It was a good routine.