Amish Acres in Nappanee, IN

Friday, September 2, 2016

We have been at Master Tech getting our coach windshield replaced since Monday, August 29.  It took a couple of days for the glass to arrive then another couple of days to get it installed.  Today, Friday, we are basically letting it sit and cure until Saturday.  We have made friends with several other couples that have been here.  One couple is still here.  Today we all decided to go Amish Acres and take some of their tours and have their Threshers Dinner.  

Amish Acres is a tourist attraction in Nappanee, Indiana, created from an 80-acre Old Order Amish farm. The farm was purchased in October 1968 at auction from the Manasses Kuhns’ estate. The farm was homesteaded by Moses Stahly in 1873.

The four of us decided we wanted to have our meal first so headed to the Restaurant Barn.

It was about 12:30 pm Friday when we reached the restaurant so not many people there.  The picture above and the 2 pictures below show the size and workmanship of this beautiful barn.

The Threshers Dinner was two meats (we chose turkey and beef) along with mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, green beans, fresh bread, bean soup, pickled cauliflower and coleslaw.  It turned out to me our only meal of the day.  DELICIOUS!
 

We waited to go to any of the stores until after we ate.  Good thing!  None of us had any interest in the Fudgery so we did not even go in there.  This building was actually built in 1853.  Each piece of the building was numbered and reassembled here by the Amish.

 

This little log house was built in 1860 only 12 miles from here.  It was moved to this location in 1973 by the same method as the Fudgery.
 

We also took a buggy ride around the property in this buggy.  Below you see us on the road.

The next several pictures are the views during our carriage ride.

Several of the fields were divided by this type of cross fencing.
 

The donkey's name is Torpedo.  He has quite a personality.  He loves treats and expected our tour guide to give him some.  He was noisy when he did not get his treat.
 

This 40 by 80 foot Schweitzer Bank Barn was built in 1876 from hand-hewed timber cut from this farm.  This is one of the 3 original buildings on this property.
 

This is the original farm house constructed in 1874 by Christian Stahly, Nappanee's first Amish settler.  

The whole experience, meal and tours, were very interesting.  We were all glad we came.

Our friends will be at Master Tech at least another week.  We plan to leave in the morning.