Sunday, December 13, 2009

Amish buggy ride

I went Amish! I was to go to my friends house this morning in Mill Hall for an Empty Bobbins xmas party. Left the house at 9. No rain. Went over the Loganton mt on Rockey road and at the top which was 15 minutes later, it was a solid sheet of ice. so I couldn't get down into Mill Hall, I pulled into a church and they invited me inside for the childrens Christmas play. They were really nice to me. Came out at 11:30 and the road was slushy so I figured get home. Got 1/2 way down rockey road and it turned to ice again. So I called Craig, he said you have gas, pull off the road, keep warm by running the car. I pulled over at the last farm on that road, which had burned down a month ago, so I was alone on the mt and along came an Amish buggy heading for Rauchtown, he picked me up. It was a closed in buggy so we didn't get wet. The horse did good, didn't slide but the buggy kept sliding off the road, he was coming right by the house to visit his friends that bought Pop Knarrs old farm. I told him small world and he turned out to be cousin to the little Henry Beiler who comes up to our house to do wood. What a fun ride. Can't believe it. I told Craig I am going to sell my story for movie rights! I had fun all day being stranded. My girlfriends from Wmpst. went 220 and was stuck on the beltway for 2 hr 45 min till a salt truck came. They were freezing and eating the cookies they were to take to the party.Patti had to go potty so nothing to do but hold a blanket up between the car doors so she could go. What a day to remember. Craig and I went back after the car around 4. The plow trucks still have not done anything to the roads