A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I didn't find you reply above anything like a ramble or a drifting. It seemed right on-point, to me, and I enjoyed its contents and addition to the perspective on an America slipping away.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And I guess that like blacksmiths, the guys who made horse whips were soon out of business, and needed to quickly develop new skills and/or products. Maybe some became attendants at those sidewalk-side gasoline pumps.

Not really. Horse drawn equipment lasted in common use well into the 60's (my wife remembers the mild wagon delivering milk in down town Philly), and in some parts of the state longer on farms. I seem to recall my great-uncle relating that his father did not get a gas fired tractor until after WW2. And, then of course the Amish tend to use a bit of horse drawn equipment.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Bravo. Indeed.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Bravo. Indeed.

I think quite a few occupations that we think are now extinct lingered on in some form for longer than we might realize. Some remain active albeit in diminished numbers.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Bravo. Indeed.

I think quite a few occupations that we think are now extinct lingered on in some form for longer than we might realize. Some remain active albeit in diminished numbers.

I suspect that is part of the charm experienced when some of us give ourselves the opportunity to visit Lancaster, PA; it is for me, at least.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Bravo. Indeed.

I think quite a few occupations that we think are now extinct lingered on in some form for longer than we might realize. Some remain active albeit in diminished numbers.

I suspect that is part of the charm experienced when some of us give ourselves the opportunity to visit Lancaster, PA; it is for me, at least.

Except Lancaster is a huge tourist trap commercial propped up in front of reality.....

[J. S. Bach]

Except Lancaster is a huge tourist trap commercial propped up in front of reality.....

The only advantage to Lancaster, PA for me is cheap motels when I can go to the Strasburg show.

[rex desilets]

I think quite a few occupations that we think are now extinct lingered on in some form for longer than we might realize. Some remain active albeit in diminished numbers.

I suspect that is part of the charm experienced when some of us give ourselves the opportunity to visit Lancaster, PA; it is for me, at least.

Except Lancaster is a huge tourist trap commercial propped up in front of reality.....

Actually, everything along Rte 30 from Coatesville west. Maybe it gets better beyond Lancaster.
OTOH, get off Rte 30 and the area drips with charm.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I suspect that is part of the charm experienced when some of us give ourselves the opportunity to visit Lancaster, PA; it is for me, at least.

Except Lancaster is a huge tourist trap commercial propped up in front of reality.....

Actually, everything along Rte 30 from Coatesville west. Maybe it gets better beyond Lancaster.

Yes and no. York is Westward and then one of the greatest of tourist traps - Gettysburg. On the the other side of Chambersburg things clear out.....

OTOH, get off Rte 30 and the area drips with charm.

Yes, get away from the main drag and see the reality of the area.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I think quite a few occupations that we think are now extinct lingered on in some form for longer than we might realize. Some remain active albeit in diminished numbers.

I suspect that is part of the charm experienced when some of us give ourselves the opportunity to visit Lancaster, PA; it is for me, at least.

Except Lancaster is a huge tourist trap commercial propped up in front of reality.....

Trap? How so?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I suspect that is part of the charm experienced when some of us give ourselves the opportunity to visit Lancaster, PA; it is for me, at least.

Except Lancaster is a huge tourist trap commercial propped up in front of reality.....

Trap? How so?

Visit the Amish Village? Dutch Wonderland? The Amish Farm and House? Etc............just drive along Rt 30...... That area depends on tourist dollars to survive.

All of that stuff exists with no other purpose than to separate you from your tourist dollars.

You might find it more enjoyable to go into town and visit the farmer's market and walk around starting from the square and wander about.

[rex desilets]

<snip>one of the greatest of tourist traps - Gettysburg. On the the other side of Chambersburg things clear out.....
<snip>

Yeah, Gettysburg is one for sure. But-there is the battlefield, to which I pilgrimage whenever we get back to the Phila area.
Speaking of getting off the road-there is the little village of Intercourse, striving to be a tourist trap. It does have a store, the Country Store, that is a mecca for quilters, to whose society my wife belongs. Drop a few bucks there every visit.
Still cheaper than trains.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I make it as far as the Hershey Farms buffet restaurant, on Rt 896, and then end up walking all those buffet goodies off, down Rockvale Rd. on my way back to the Holiday Inn Express next to the outlet mall, or down Route 896 toward the village area on the way to the train museum.

[rogruth]

We visited the Lancaster area on our 50th anniversary in 2004 and, surprisingly at least to me, my wife loved the area.
We went to the usual tourist places and the train nut places also at Strasburg. She even liked that.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Just down Rt 75 from my place...