Thursday In The Park

With all the tours over, all the planned activities were inside the park this day. An Amish family came to make "putt-putt" ice cream; another Amish family came to make apple butter; an Amish couple came to give buggy rides around the park; our hosts popped popcorn and cooked beans and ham in seven large black iron pots. The latter is always the highlight of Thursday at the rally. All that happened despite the fact that it rained most of the day. That's a usual occurrence at Sugarcreek for at least one or two days.
















The ice cream was made with an old, but rebuilt John Deere single cylinder engine connected with belts to two 20 quarter churns. Everyone got a huge dish to enjoy. The apple butter was cooked over a wood fire in a big iron pot, then ladled into pint jars to sell at $3.50 per pint. Buggy rides were free to anyone who wanted to ride. The popcorn and beans were provided by our hosts, the Land-of-Lakes unit of WBCCI as part of the rally fee. So many beans were left over that they begged over the PA system for everyone to come back for seconds. We filled a 2-quart dutch over twice for future use. It was all good.