{"id":11479,"date":"2025-09-09T23:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T06:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=11479"},"modified":"2025-11-14T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T01:00:28","slug":"amish-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2025\/09\/09\/amish-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Amish Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Amish Country?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hold up, what are we talking about here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember this movie?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rich.png?resize=344%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rich.png?w=344&amp;ssl=1 344w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rich.png?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a good one! If you haven&#8217;t seen it, I recommend checking it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During our adventures across eastern Ohio, we encountered a few Amish individuals. Even saw a few horse and carriages on the road, but nothing like what we see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sparks Fly as Amish Buggy Drifts Around Corner || ViralHog\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8CvXh2WkRUo?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>They weren&#8217;t going quite that fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We saw part of the Amish country while en route to see a Giant cuckoo clock. Then we visited a local museum. It contained a wealth of information on Sugarcreek&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.79102%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept8-cuckoo-1024x769.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept8-cuckoo-1024x769.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept8-cuckoo-1024x769.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1176&#038;ssl=1 1176w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"883\" data-id=\"11485\" data-link=\"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?attachment_id=11485\" data-url=\"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept8-cuckoo-1024x769.jpg\" 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data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went to Steak &#8216;n Shake for dinner\u2014something we haven&#8217;t done since 2016 when we took the trip to Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main difference?  Two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You are no longer served; instead, you serve yourself.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The prices are a lot higher. Like, two to three times the cost before.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Probably won&#8217;t come back very often. If we wanted something similar to this, we&#8217;d go to Freddy&#8217;s. Freddy&#8217;s serves very similar food and also offers desserts. I suppose, though, that we haven&#8217;t been visiting here frequently anyway, so it&#8217;s not really an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time for bed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amish Country?! Hold up, what are we talking about here? Remember this movie? It&#8217;s a good one! If you haven&#8217;t seen it, I recommend checking it out. During our adventures across eastern Ohio, we encountered a few Amish individuals. Even saw a few horse and carriages on the road, but nothing like what we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jshox.com\/jay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sept8-cart.jpg?fit=1176%2C883&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":640,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2007\/08\/10\/640\/","url_meta":{"origin":11479,"position":0},"title":"Hey,Busy weekend-ish. 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