Yoder, Yoder and Yoder!

 

From Michigan we headed into the Amish country, Holmes County, of Ohio.  According to what I read this area has the highest concentration of Amish.  It did not seem as touristy as Lancaster County in Pennsylvania which we visited last year, but the area is just as busy.  Forget trying to drive around on Friday or Saturday as the roads are clogged.  All the roads are two lanes and are shared with Amish buggies so it can be slow going.  We strolled through Berlin, Ohio which has shops and a couple of restaurants.  We drove the countryside to see Lehman’s Hardware and Heini’s Cheese Shop.  I highly recommend Heini’s to just “graze” the aisles to sample all the cheeses!

It was nice place to visit but it was very rainy during our stay.  In fact the county was under a flood warning the entire time we were there.  It has been a long time since we have seen rain come down so heavy. 

From Ohio we moved to Max Meadows, Virginia, which is near Wytheville.  This was just a weekend stop over on our way to Pinehurst, North Carolina.  The funny thing was that in planning the route I was just looking for something decent in between our stop in Ohio and our destination in North Carolina.  I found this RV park that had good reviews in Max Meadows.  When we got off the interstate to get to the park it was déjà vu.  I immediately told Fran this all looks familiar and as we approached the park she and I both said we recognized it and had been here before.  Sure enough I checked our calendar and we had stopped here about a year ago, just for one night, on our way to Knoxville after our east coast swing last year. 

We have now arrived in Marston, North Carolina which is about 20 miles from Pinehurst where we are meeting with Fran’s old boss and some of her former co-workers for the July 4th weekend.

 

Route:  From Millersburg, Ohio we took Highway 39 east to Interstate 77 south into Max Meadows, Virginia (near Wytheville).  From Max Meadows we took Interstate 77 south to Interstate 74 to Highway 211 to Highway 15/501 to Marston, North Carolina.