Trip to Lancaster PA

Last weekend Denise and I took a road trip to Lancaster PA to visit our cousin Kevin Nofziger and his wife Anna. We left very early on Friday morning and came back on Sunday evening. It was a lot of driving in a short time, but it was a fun weekend, and it was great to spend some quality time with Kevin & Anna in Lancaster County.

Kevin and Anna live on the grounds of Millersville International House, but aren't actually involved in the day-to-day activities at the house. The large house in the middle is the main house where the international students live. Kevin and Anna live on the second floor of the house on the left.
Kevin and Anna's apartment

The property is surrounded on two sides by a HUGE cemetery of Millersville Mennonite Church.

On Saturday we slept in, had brunch, and then spent most of the rest of day exploring Lancaster County. Kevin's first cousin on the Nofziger side, Carrie, joined us for brunch and a trip downtown. She is doing a 6 week internship in Lancaster as part of her sign language major with Bethel College (IN).

l to r: Denise, Kevin, Anna, me, Carrie

We went to Lancaster Central Market. They had a wide variety of fresh and prepared food, and crafts, etc. Here Kevin is buying some vegetables.

Denise in downtown Lancaster. The flowers she is holding are fake and made of wood!

We went to Akron and Ephrata and checked out Mennonite Central Committee and Ten Thousand Villages headquarters. All was quiet on a Saturday afternoon except for a big meeting going on at MCC. We also checked out the huge Ten Thousand Villages store in Ephrata. Sorry, no pictures of these.

Next we went to Lititz to the Wilbur Chocolate factory and store. We enjoyed the free samples and bought lots of chocolate.

We walked around downtown Lititz and checked out the various shops. Here Denise and Kevin are taking a break.

Main Street in Lititz. It was actually spring in PA!

Next we went to Manheim to check out the Choice Books warehouse, where Kevin is based. It was interesting to see the hub of the operation, and browse some of the books for sale at bargain prices!

We enjoyed an European style supper (Rachette?), then went swimming at the neighbor's indoor pool, at the house where Denise and I were staying.

On Sunday we joined Kevin and Anna for church, enjoyed lunch at a Greek/gyro restaurant, then hit the road back to Indiana. It was a fun trip.