{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Amish Country?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hold up, what are we talking about here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a good one! If you haven&#8217;t seen it, I recommend checking it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>They weren&#8217;t going quite that fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time for bed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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":384,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2005\/07\/07\/384\/","url_meta":{"origin":11479,"position":0},"title":"London was hit by Terrorism\u2026","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"July 7, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"London was hit by Terrorism today.\u00a0 37 killed.\u00a0 700 injured.\u00a0 Now the people overseas start to see the terrorists\u00a0have only one target.\u00a0 Free nations..This affects us all, but parts of countries that were liberated by the USA, and still are being liberated as we talk were going through these things\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":487,"url":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2006\/04\/10\/487\/","url_meta":{"origin":11479,"position":1},"title":"heythis weekend has been semi\u2026","author":"me@jshox.com","date":"April 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"heythis weekend has been semi relaxing..I was able to watch 3 movies so far.. that's good right?All in my car. 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