Pure Country Living

A few classic Chevy's

2015-07-26T14:13:00.001-04:00

Spring time is here: Lancaster,Pa

2015-05-23T23:26:00.001-04:00

Spring: Lebanon,Pa

2015-04-27T14:18:00.003-04:00

A rare early Chevrolet Corvette with a six cylinder engine

2014-12-28T14:58:00.000-05:00

Lebanon Levi: From the "Amish Mafia" TV show at another local car show

2014-11-27T14:13:00.004-05:00

Lebanon Levi (Levi Stoltzus) has been making appearance's locally here in Lebanon county for a little while now, and that has been for mostly charitable event's so that’s a very Noble thing that he's been doing.

The Amish Mafia is either loathed or enjoyed depending on who you talk with, but for myself I find the show harmless dumb entertainment that’s not really hurting anyone.

I asked Lebanon Levi at the time of this car show if the show was coming back and I must admit that he's a person of few words and hard to get a reading on, so I got a typical rely of "we are still in negotiations".

So I learned pretty much nothing here but I did enjoy this car show and I have been going to a lot of them this year, so I'm looking towards next next year when it gets warmer for the 2015 car show season!

And as far as the Amish Mafia is concerned its being filmed now in the Lancaster area and will be coming back for another season, and as long as its still making a little money for the Discovery channel its no big surprise to anyone.

Quick side of the road images: Lancaster,Pa

2014-09-22T08:58:00.005-04:00

I had to stop and take a picture of this really neat barn mural in Lancaster county

Across the road from the barn

Old Order Mennonites: Lancaster,Pa.

2014-08-25T06:57:00.003-04:00

Classic Chevy's in "Good Humor" Ice cream orange

2014-08-04T16:39:00.000-04:00

A young Amish woman "on the move"

2014-07-05T16:05:00.001-04:00

Lebanon,Pa

Lebanon,Pa: The last un-published Image's from a classic tractor show taken a few years ago!

2014-06-09T15:42:00.000-04:00

Lancaster,Pa: Zimmermans grocery closes its doors!

2014-05-26T15:06:00.001-04:00

Another part of my childhood has closed its doors (Zimmerman's closed this past April) as Lancaster counties tourist area's continue to change in today's economy and ever changing consumer taste. I pretty much grew-up going to Zimmerman's grocery store located in the small town of Intercourse (Lancaster county), and I hate to give my age but I remember when Zimmerman's had gas pumps in front of its store ( late 1960s).

My dad would sometimes get gas there for his 1968 Ford Fairlane which was new at the time, and pumping gas was always an odd sort of thing because your car would be basically half sticking out almost into the street.

I first found out that Zimmerman's was closing by reading the local newspaper here in Lancaster county, so I was saddened but not shocked because this area is going through adjustments and changes as locals and tourist adjust how their money is spent and where its spent. People are just not staying as long in the county as they used to, with weekends being the extent of how long an average family stays here.

I have been living in the Lancaster area what will be 4 years now, and in those short years I have seen restaurants like the Family Cupboard (was the Amish Barn) and other restaurants and motels change hands or close for good.

Zimmerman's served both the Amish and locals as well as the tourist that had flocked here for many years, and the store front was also used in the 1985 movie "Witness" staring Harrison Ford as the tough Philadelphia cop that must hide out with an Amish family in Lancaster while recovering from an accident.

So Zimmerman's for me was much more than being part of a movie, and is another victim of the changing times that’s now taking place in Lancaster county. Richard

All Image's taken on 5-25-2014

An empty store for the first time since 1909

where the cash registers were along with Zimmerman's friendly staff to check you out.

The phone both that Harrison Ford used for the movie

Zimmerman's- 1909-2014

Classic 50's Ford

2014-05-23T08:09:00.004-04:00

Lebanon County's Amish community

2014-05-12T15:18:00.003-04:00

Getting ready to do some shopping

Happy 50th Birthday Ford Mustang: Born April 17, 1964 and hopefully will live on forever!

2014-04-07T17:11:00.000-04:00

A Classic Ford : The F100

2014-03-23T16:04:00.002-04:00

Home based Amish quilt shop: Lancaster County

2014-03-02T16:18:00.004-05:00

Mom-Apple pie-and classic American cars

2014-02-09T15:52:00.001-05:00

A Classic Plymouth CUDA.

2014-02-01T16:59:00.000-05:00

Lebanon,Pa

2014-01-21T11:56:00.003-05:00

Amish Phone Booth: Lancaster County

2014-01-11T10:10:00.000-05:00

A few classic American cars to start 2014

2014-01-01T15:44:00.000-05:00

Signs Of Christmas: Country Style

2013-12-16T15:41:00.003-05:00

Images taken in December of 2013

1970's Oldsmobile Cutlass pace car

2013-12-07T09:51:00.000-05:00

Amish Mafia's "Lebanon Levi" at a car show!

2013-11-27T10:14:00.003-05:00

Lebanon Levi signing Autograph's for charity at this car show in November

Amish Mafia items that were for sale which is one of the many examples of "Lebanon Levi" donating his time for local charities here in Lebanon county.

The famous "black Cadillac" from the TV show

A good amount of folks turned-out to meet Levi inside this Dairy Queen, with the classic car show going on outside on this chilly November Sunday!

A Dairy Queen ice cream cake that someone was lucky enough to win, with really good detail's of the main characters on the show!

True Country Living!

2013-11-15T13:24:00.000-05:00