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Old 02-26-2012, 01:51 AM   #1
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Our family will be in the USA for bonnevile and after we are taking in a nascar race at michigan,we plan to drive over to the Niagara falls,
Once a few years back when visiting a mate ,we toured around some Menanite area around Hamilton or Toronto in Canada,would anyone know what the area is.
Or where there are communities of them or the Amish in the USA
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Old 02-26-2012, 08:21 AM   #2
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Lawrie just google amish in Michigan & you will find out where they are, Michigan has the 6th largest population of the Amish.
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See you then, my friend. Wayno
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Once a few years back when visiting a mate ,we toured around some Menanite area around Hamilton or Toronto in Canada,would anyone know what the area is.
Or where there are communities of them or the Amish in the USA
Thanks Lawrie[/QUOTE]
If you get far enough east, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has a heavy population of Mennonite and Amish.
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Old 02-26-2012, 09:51 AM   #5
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Larwrie, will you be in California?
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Old 02-26-2012, 04:52 PM   #7
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Gary thanks for the amish info
Wayno, how could we not catch up,Carol will be coming as well.
Brendon,yes we will be in CA,for a few days in LA when we arrive then driving up to bonneville,then for a week or so on our return,probablly in late Aug or early sept.
Aussie steeve,We WILL catch up at bonneville.
And Ron, we are spending a week in detroit and then driving to New York via Niagre falls,Snyders A parts and Summit racing in Tallmadge.
We could drop in,
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Lawrie, I'll be there for five days. Hope to get an opportunity to meet up with you and other Fordbarners while we are there.
I doubt you will be traveling down near the PA-MD State lines, but we have a lot of Amish folks living in the area between Lancaster, PA and Rising Sun, MD. Lancaster County, PA is considered to be big time Amish country.
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Old 02-26-2012, 06:47 PM   #9
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Lawrie We have allot of bed and breakfast places near by, Vermont can be beautiful if you skip MUD season.
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Went to Lancaster ,PA one time to buy truck parts... they were on a Amish farm. As soon as i pulled in with my friend, they greeted us with bread and home made pies! All the parts were in a silo. Wow! but what got me was all the little boys and the teens had no shoes on and were cutting down trees barefooted!!. That was a day! LOL
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Lawrie, If you are stopping by Summit, in Talmadge Ohio, you are close to some large Amish communities in Holmes and Wayne counties, and Geauga county (where I live). Paul Selfe.
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Old 02-26-2012, 10:35 PM   #12
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La Crete Alberta. Serious Mennonite country. No horses though.
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I am ashamed to say that I have lived my whole life three hours from the Bonneville Salt Flats and have never been there for the speed trials. Just driven by on the freeway.

I loved the movie "The World's Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins playing New Zealander Burt Munro who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the world land-speed record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. If you haven't seen it and have any interest in "tweaking" an engine to go fast, this is a must see.
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I am ashamed to say that I have lived my whole life three hours from the Bonneville Salt Flats and have never been there for the speed trials. Just driven by on the freeway.

I loved the movie "The World's Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins playing New Zealander Burt Munro who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the world land-speed record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967. If you haven't seen it and have any interest in "tweaking" an engine to go fast, this is a must see.

i think that is a great movie, i have seen it twice!
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