Daddy-Daughter Trip - Day 3

When we woke up this morning, Daddy had made oatmeal on our little stove. We had poptarts too. Then, we rented a canoe from the KOA and went canoeing on the Brandywine River with Mariam, Adam and their dad (they brought their own kayaks!). At 1000, we got back to camp and went to a craft event - we got to make spider cupcakes with Twizzlers, frosting and sprinkles and little oreo inch-worms with mini oreos and gummy life savers. When we got back to camp, they suddenly disappeared (we ate them!). Then we were ready to visit Amish Country. The KOA let us borrow an old tape player that had a tour for us to follow. It was fun to listen to the tape as it gave us directions and told us to "turn me off." It took us to a one room schoolhouse, a flower mill and some markets. One memorable thing we saw was a girl dressed in plain clothes who was roller blading on the road with a watermelon under her arm. We saw lots of Amish people in their carriages and working in the fields. It was quiet and nice to drive through their farms. The tape told us all about their way of life and the difference between Amish and Mennonites. Daddy spotted a pretzel factory and we went in to make some ourselves! We bought a ton of things today: postcards, hickory smoked BBQ sauce, homemade rootbeer, pretzels (we sampled every kind!), mint slices and corn chips. The pretzels were awesome - there were regular (with cheese dip!), brown butter, herb and also sugar and spice. After we finished our tour, we were heading back to camp when we saw a place called the Christmas Museum. We stopped and took a tour - it had the history of Christmas! We learned what people in other countries call Santa Claus. For example, in England, they call him Father Christmas. There were trains and presents and trees and a life size manger scene inside the museum. We liked it a lot. After that, we headed back to camp and Daddy made mac and cheese on the stove (mmmm.). We really like the corn chips we bought today, too! Then, we went to a magic show at the KOA and Brenna got picked to help the magician! We went with Mariam and Daddy did some laundry. When we got back, Daddy started up a camp fire and we roasted marshmellows. Daddy told us more spooky stories and then we went to bed. See ya tomorrow!