Pennsylvania Dutch Country

The second stop on our recent vacation was to Pennsylvania Dutch/Amish Country. We stayed at a wonderful Bed & Breakfast called the Silverstone Inn run by two outstanding hosts, Toni and Lorin Wortel. The Inn is a restored 1750s farmhouse, and features over 10 acres of farmland, an active fresh water spring, sheep, and some fantastic cooking. The best complement we can offer the Wortel’s is to say that the experience of staying there has piqued (or renewed, for Amanda) our interest in finding our own farmhouse with acreage, fixing it up, and turning it into our own homestead, because their work demonstrates the potential that these older buildings have. Incidentally, we did recently go and look at a property in Orchard Park, but the amount of rehab needed in that case was beyond our current capabilities. We need more of a 1900s era place in good structural shape. 🙂

Here are the photos.

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