Breakfast was our first order of business. Andy and Bonnie had gone to Lewisburg yesterday and lead us to a great place on Water Street. A huge building that had once been a textile factory but the machines were silent now and the dust had been swept from the floors. Now there was a nice homey restaurant surrounded by 125 consignment shops selling handcrafts, vintage clothing, books, antiques, furniture, you get the idea. We spend an hour or so wondering the multi-levels of this old building serving a modern need. We ladies thought making another trip up in a van or trucks would be a wonderful idea (for some reason the men didn’t agree). I got an old spinning top with a closed flower inside that opens to reveal a bumblebee when you spin it for Zoey and a Teach Me Bear for Todd with buttons, zippers, belts and shoe strings to work on.
Last night a group of 8 people touring the area on vintage bikes stopped at the campground. This morning Don was checking the bikes and talking to the owner of the bikes and leader of the tour. He told us about Bill’s Old Bike Barn just 30 miles from here. According to him and the website Bill has collected a little of everything you can imagine so we decided to head to Bloomsburg and find it. We were not disappointed. The ride was nice on secondary roads and we were overwhelmed with everything to see. Bill has even created a little town “Billsville” inside with various stores and even a tavern with a complete bar from the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. We spend a couple hours and still didn’t see everything.
Last night a group of 8 people touring the area on vintage bikes stopped at the campground. This morning Don was checking the bikes and talking to the owner of the bikes and leader of the tour. He told us about Bill’s Old Bike Barn just 30 miles from here. According to him and the website Bill has collected a little of everything you can imagine so we decided to head to Bloomsburg and find it. We were not disappointed. The ride was nice on secondary roads and we were overwhelmed with everything to see. Bill has even created a little town “Billsville” inside with various stores and even a tavern with a complete bar from the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. We spend a couple hours and still didn’t see everything.
Check out the website at http://www.billsbikebarn.com/
A stop for lunch and then back to the campground where Bernie proceeded to build a fire (we have dubbed him the fire maker) and I began the fixings for homemade ice cream. Bernie cooked hot dogs over an open fire, Andy did the second batch while everyone kept telling him to stop placing them directly on the burning logs. Glenn chopped some wood (really playing with the hatchet) and after our dogs and chips we began making smores. Bonnie prepared the crackers and chocolate while the guys roasted the marshmallows. Bonnie took the first turn cranking the ice cream freezer and then the guys took over and within a few minutes we had orange ice. The cards were dealt out and the quarter knock games began until it was getting too dark to see.
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