This building is on the campus of Clair Industries. What would you think would be produced in a big black building like this in the middle of beautiful Pennsylvania? Music. More specifically, concerts. The Clair brothers were from Lititz, Pennsylvania, and went on to become experts in sound and production for musicians and their shows. This building serves as a "practice stage" where musical groups can plan and practice their concerts with all the lights, sounds, etc., before they take their show on the road.
The next building we drove by was this one:
What do you think this building is? A winery? Resort maybe? Nope, it's a watchmaker's college. People come from all over the world to learn how to repair the expensive watches like Rolex.
Next, we drove to Ken and Bonnie's apartment in Lititz. Ken and Bonnie moved to a nice apartment after selling their home in Akron, PA, a few miles away. Unlike us, they have kept a "sticks and bricks" residence which works very well for them because all of their family and a lot of their friends live within no more than a 45 minute drive of Lititz. Best of all, they don't have the upkeep of a house to come back to every time they come off the road.
After touring their apartment, which is so cute, we began our walking tour of Lititz, Pennsylvania.
Lititz got its early start when the area was settled in the 1740's by members of the Moravian Church. One of the first places we walked by was Linden Hall, the oldest girls' preparatory school in the US.
Next, we walked by the Sturgis Pretzel Company -- the oldest pretzel company in the US.
Then, we walked by the Albert Glatz Tobacco Shop, site of the first tobacconist in Lititz. The old house was built in 1765.
We next walked by a memorial to the Revolutionary War where the bodies of 110 unknown soldiers from General George Washington's Continental Army were buried who had been injured and then died at the nearby battles of Brandywine and Germantown. Being buried without any written identification, these men were some of America's first unknown soldiers.
As we walked the streets, we walked by this old church building that is now someone's home.
We next walked to Lititz Springs Park.
We followed the creek to the headwaters of the spring.
Bonnie told us how when her mother was a little girl, her favorite thing to do at the park's 4th of July celebration was to buy a little toy boat and float it down the springs.
After we finished our walk in the park, we walked over to Tomato Pie Cafe and enjoyed a delicious lunch on their outside terrace. Chuck tried their tomato pie which was very good.
After leaving Tomato Pie, we walked across the street for dessert: chocolate buds from the Wilbur Chocolate Factory.
That was the first time Chuck and I had tried Wilbur Chocolates and we are officially fans now. We tried several samples just to make sure we really liked them. :)
We began walking back to Ken and Bonnie's apartment. The streets of Lititz are full of little shops and cafes.
And Ken finally found that big black bear he had us searching all over the hills of Pennsylvania for and it was right here in downtown Lititz!
After we returned to Ken and Bonnie's apartment, we got back in the car and began driving back to the campground. We did make one more very important stop: ice cream! We sampled 4 flavors with their 4 mini-scoops on a tray. Yummy!
After we got back to the campground, we switched cars and drove all the way back to Cabela's in Hamburg so Chuck could exchange his Tilly hat for a different size we had bought a few days ago. We finished the day with a stop at Subway in Wal-mart before getting a few groceries and heading home. Another full day but another great day!
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