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Mule team in Ronks, Lancaster County, PA

By Brian Schulman

Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Lancaster PA RS134746A

March 20, 2012 05:30 AM

Mule team in Ronks, Lancaster County, PA:

I was having breakfast with clients at Jennie's Diner, a truck stop in Ronks, PA along Route 30 East in Pennsylvania Dutch country. One of my companions spotted this mule team behind me on the farm next to us, and I happened to have my camera near enough to be able to take a shot of them from inside the diner.

Mule team, Ronks, Lancaster County, PA

The interesting thing is the ease of transitioning between city life and country life in Lancaster County, PA. We were only a couple of miles from Lancaster City!

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Andrew Capelli

Troy, MI

Brian: How neat! That's certainly not a sight one sees in the suburbs of Detroit- Thank you for sharing! :)

Mar 20, 2012 05:44 AM

Brian Schulman

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Lancaster PA - Lancaster, PA

Lancaster County PA RealEstate Expert 717-951-5552

Andrew, in that area it's not uncommon to be sharing the road with Amish buggies!

Mar 20, 2012 05:47 AM

Marco Giancola

Beachfront Realty - Miami Beach, FL

Realtor (305)608-1922, Miami Beach Florida

Hey Brian-pretty cool to see that way of life still going on. I was at a stop in PA and a horse and buggy pulled up with a bunch of Amish (guessing) teens all dressed in home sewn clothing as well. It took me aback but was cool to see.

Mar 25, 2012 07:55 PM

Marco, it's an interesting contrast between how neatly the Amish dress and how messy sometimes the "English" (as they call us) do!

Mar 25, 2012 11:04 PM

Jo-Anne Smith

Oakville, ON

Hi Brian,

Oh my! I would have loved to have seen that.....I wasn't even aware that farmers still used mules.

Thanks for posting such an intriguing photo,

Mar 27, 2012 01:32 PM

HI Jo,

Yes, the Amish do still use mules to plow, as they don't believe in modern machinery. They also don't like to have their photos taken, as a photo could be considered a graven image - but I hoped the farmboy wouldn't mind since I took the shot from inside a building at quite a distance with a telephoto lens.

Brian

Mar 28, 2012 01:53 AM

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