Cherry Crest Farm was a 300 acre dairy farm until 2003 when they began raising beef cattle because it was difficult for them to stay in the black while dairying. The main crops on the farm are corn, soybeans, and wheat (no surprises there). Alongside the working farm, they have a very clean, family-oriented amusement park. There are no roller coasters or long lines, but there is lots of good, clean fun. We enjoyed riding in a tractor-pulled train of wagons,
sliding on potato sacks down the hay chute,
feeding goats using a hand-cranked conveyor belt,
playing in a bin of corn,
standing in a real Conestoga wagon (They were built in Lancaster County in an area called, well, Conestoga.)
playing in a wooden train, and seeing the real Strasburg RR train go past the farm again and again (although Owen was a bit frightened by the whistle which is LOUD),
and this really cool horse topiary.
We also liked the straw bale maze, the petting area where we petted new chicks and a kid, digging for fossils in a big sandbox, and lots of other low-tech fun. We skipped the large maize maze as the shortest time for the day was 35 minutes, and we thought it would be a bit much to ask of Owen. We found the whole park to be incredibly clean and well-staffed. They seem to employ a lot of people including lots of very young people who were all busy and courteous. We really liked the low-tech approach and appreciated the DIY (but well-executed) things to do. We will definitely want to go back here before we move away.
4 comments:
New camera? The pictures look great!
Tracy
No, full sun shots are okay with no flash since it doesn't try to autoflash and there's lots of light. I can also get decent pictures of still objects inside, since I have time to check to make sure autoflash is off and turn on a light or two, and the stuff isn't moving. Abram has found the way to save no flash as the default, but it doesn't save through opening the battery door which happens every time I need to take the SD card out. Ah, camera woes. I will never buy a Canon camera again; we totally loved our Nikon, but I broke it - oops!
Jesse and I did the same a month ago. It took us 4 hours total to make 10 big jars of tomatoe sauce. We ran the tomatoes through the juicer just to make them uniform. It was well worth it and it cost us about 15 dollars including the tomatoes. We use them all the time and we still have 5 jars left. We bought the tomatoes at the farmer's market in Murfreesboro. It was fun!
Yes, Rossitsa, it is really nice to have home-canned tomatoes. I'm gald y'all had fun and some good food too!
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