My mother has been on a bus trip to the Amish country in Pennsylvania. She said that the people we saw in Tennessee where much poorer than the ones up north. I was just amazed at how they lived. At one place we stopped, you could see into the kitchen and actually see the pump they use to pump water!
Below are some pictures I took. These are the only ones that turned out half way decent because the Amish people do not like to have their picture made. Because of that, I took these pictures from inside the car. I didn't want to offend them. The best ones were of the children. I could have just stayed there all day and watch them.
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5 comments:
It is so interesting to me that people still live like this. Sometimes I think they are crazy and then sometimes I think they have it right and if we all lived like that this world would probably be a much better place.
Those are good pics from a car! Very interesting lifestyle!
Those are great pictures! I really admire their simple lifestyle. They seem to live in a time when the world wasn't so small - at a time when it is. I would love to live where I am blissfully unaware of the "world" issues...
Sometimes I feel like we are missing the boat with all our stuff and the stress that comes along with it. I have always been fascinated with the Amish. It is a very interesting way to live.
Joe's mom grew up there -- Etheridge, that is, not the Amish community! Lovely pictures. I always wonder what they think of us when they see us out and about. Despite our conservative values, we probably look so worldly to them.
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