Fly By Night - Swiftly through Lancaster

From NYC, once we got on the freeway, we headed out to Amish country... or so it is stereotyped.  Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  After getting out of the smog and congestion of New York and New Jersey, we skirted the edge of Philadelphia and soon found ourselves in beautiful rolling hills with fields separated by beautiful stands of trees.  We met up with several Hillsdale students at Rebekah Wilhelm's house.  She had graduated with us only a few weeks ago, and it was good to see her in her domestic element.  Her family was extremely hospitable and after a great dinner, they invited a great number of their friends to join us in our sacred set.  We talked to the homeschool families, those already sold on Hillsdale (like the O'Dells) and those that weren't.  It was great to see everybody again and we sang for them for nearly two hours.  Our next gig was less than 12 hours away at The Heritage Foundation in DC, so after dessert we quickly went to bed and woke up at 3am.  Rebekah kindly saw us off and even baked us muffins for breakfast.  We were amazed that though we were only in Lancaster for a bit, the hospitality still poured all over us!  :)  We left a bit sleep-deprived, but happy to have stopped off in beautiful Pennsylvania.  And from the country all the way back into the big city, the biggest city in terms of tax-dollars.  No pictures... but in DC we finally had a chance to slow down for a bit and relax... I'll let Keaton tell that story.  I did so much relaxing in DC that I didn't even have the energy to hit up the Smithsonians.