Amana, Part 2

Brrr! Saturday lived up to the forecast! We woke up to temps in the 30's-- 32 to be exact! The campground came around last night and turned off everyone's water. Good thing our tank was full of Worthington water, and we could still brush our teeth and wash up! We went to the Amana Bakery and had yummy pastry -- mine was a blackberry braid. WONDERFUL! Then we went outside and waited 40 minutes to see the Oktoberfest parade. The streets were crowded with people waiting. As in other parades we've seen, the kids made out like it was Halloween, as most kids went home with at least half a grocery bag of candy! Best part of the parade was the Shriner OOMPAH band :-)

We went to the Woolen Mill and the Furniture Store, and many other shops before heading back to the trailer for lunch. After lunch we went to Middle Amana to see the Community kitchen and the Arts Guild building. The guide in the community kitchen was very interesting -- girls started working in the kitchens at the age of 14, and there were 62 community kitchens in the seven colonies.

We went to Mass in Williamsburg at 4:00! I WANT THAT PRIEST!! We had Mass, sang 4 songs, the Responsorial Psalm, the Sanctus and Angus Dei and had a speech by a member of the parish regarding the Annual Bishop's Diocesan Appeal AND WE WERE STILL OUT IN 40 MINUTES!!!!!!

Sunday we ate breakfast family style at the Colony Inn. We didn't realize that it was family style until we were seated, and decided to stay. Our breakfast consisted of: Orange juice, mixed fruit cup, toast, 2 wonderful thin pancakes, and a platter of 4 eggs, 2 sausage patties, bacon, and a bowl of fried potatoes. We waddled out of there and walked for an hour to work some of it off! Stopped at the craft fair at the campground and after lunch we drove to West Amana to see Opa's Barn (closed) and stopped at the Festival barn to listen to the music for an hour. For supper we went back to Amana and had supper at Ronneburg restaurant.

On Monday we drove to Homestead to see the little colony and then spent the day at the campground. Tuesday a.m. we ate breakfast at Ronneburg's and had more of those yummy pancakes. Then back to pack up and hit the road to Springfield, Illinois and Abe Lincoln!!!!