Day Ten: Amish Land 18/10/08

As usual we were up early. Mostly beacause it's impossibe to a sleep late in an RV. As soon as one person is up, the rest have no choice! We did a bit of shopping in Wallmart and then went and explored an Amish village. For anybody who doesn't know, the Amish are people living an 18th century lifestyle in the 21st century, and their village is about as interesting as you might think. It did pass an hour or two and we had a bit of craic as we walked around the place.

We spend the afternoon parked up in a shopping mall car park making dinner before going to the cinema to see W, the new Oliver Stone film about George Bush. It was a good show and it portrayed Bush pretty accurately. In other words he came across as a complete idiot.

After the show we made our way to a small town called Strasbourg where Aidan had heard of an organised ghost tour. Basically we payed $14 dollars each so some lady could lead us around the streets for an hour and a half telling us "ghost stories". I could have come up with better tales myself, but it was harmless enough. Included are pictures of what is apparently the most haunted house in all of Pensylvannia and the grave of the women who is apparently doing the haunting. The story that goes with them is not altogether that interesting.. or indeed scary so I won't bother sharing it.

When we got back to camp most of the gang went the bed. Myself and Hugh decided it would be a good idea to sit up and wait for the Grand Prix to start at 3am. It seemed like a good idea at the time but Hugh fell asleep 9 laps into the race. As usual it wasn't a very exciting race and it was a miracle i stayed awake for the duration. When i did go to bed i woke up a few hours later and to my horror i saw a small snake slithering down the steps of the RV!! Naturally i panicked and within moments everybody was awake. After a thorough inspection by Hugh and Aidan there was no sign of any snake.. and yes i was the only one to see it. I'll swear until the day i die that there was a snake in this RV. After googling "snakes in Pennsylvania" we learned that there is 18 species of snakes there and 3 of which are venomous. So it's entirely plausible!!!!