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Re: [Shotimes] OT Fun with the Amish

To: Paul Nimz <pnimz@v8sho.com>
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT Fun with the Amish
From: "D. Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:34:20 -0500
Didn't try, they are smart little broilers though.  Also, when talking 
about the big rocking chair, I meant I would feel like a child, not a 
little girl!

:)

Just because someone will make that leap of illogic!  :)

Don

Paul Nimz wrote:

>But can you beat the chicken in checkers???
>
>Paul
>
>
>On 8/22/2006 11:44:00 AM, D. Mallinson (dmall@mwonline.net) wrote:
>  
>
>>Last weekend we took the family to visit relatives and attend the
>>Centralia IL balloonfest event, that was OK, but not as much fun as we
>>had on the way down.
>>
>>On the way, we stopped at Rockhome Gardens between Arthur and Arcola,
>>IL.  This was a family farm owned by my fathers employer in the
>>40's and
>>50's.  It then became a tourist attraction, run by the Amish
>>and
>>Mennonite for many years, and recently bought by a group of familys in
>>
>>the Central Illinois area, hopefully guaranteeing that it stays open for
>>a long time.
>>
>>It is a fun place to visit, especially for kids.  Farm related
>>activities, the beauty of the Rock walls gardens and sculptures where
>>the name comes from, and examples of Amish/Farm life.
>>
>>We took a Buggy ride, a train ride, the kids and I played in the big
>>treehouse, got great food at the restaurant, hand dipped ice cream and
>>fresh candy, watched a blacksmith and horse powered buzz saw, and played
>>tic-tac-toe with a chicken, that won every time!  Went through the
>>haunted cave three times! Fed goats, saw horse farming and just had a
>>ball.  If you go, look for the tree with a hole through it, you
>>won't
>>believe what you see insi
>>    
>>
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