It has been an interesting Sunday for Ms. Kate and I. We left Millersburg, where we stayed last night, around 10:30 this morning. We knew Berlin should be a fairly short drive; --- we didn't know it was less than ten miles. So, here we were at 1100 hrs and couldn't check in to our cottage until 1500 hrs, which left us four hours to kill. There are many, many shops and antique stores and Amish restaurants here to visit. The problem for the visitor is that the entire town is closed on Sunday because the Amish and Mennonites strictly adhere to the commandment; "Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy." The only people we saw out were the Amish walking to church or riding in their buggies to church.

Ms. Kate and I decided to check the local country side out and began driving the backroads looking at the farms, and the cattle, and the beautiful horses. The sun was out pretty good today but the temperature never climbed above fifty degrees. But the area is really pretty and the farms are beautiful.

There is a non Amish owned pizza shop, a Burger King, a Subway, and a Dollar General store in town so we went for lunch at the pizza shop. But, after traveling all of the local backroads and having our lunch, we still had over an hour to kill before we could check in to our cottage. So, we just pulled over in an off street parking lot and took a snooze in the car.

Three o'clock finally arrived and we drove over to the cottage, and the entry code they had given us didn't work. I tried it several times and still no luck. So, figuring that just maybe I had the wrong cabin, I went around to the front cabin and it opened right up for us. So, we settled in just a little for about forty five minutes when here came a family that said they were supposed to be in that cabin. So, --- we didn't know what to do for sure and the big problem is that there is no cell service around here to call any one. They hadn't gotten an entry code but they were supposed to be in that cabin. I gave them the entry code and Kate and I took our suitcases back to the car. I drove over to the local Comfort Suites hotel and used their telephone and contacted the owner of the cabins, and he verified that he had given us the wrong entry code, and gave us the right one. Now we are snuggled in and all is well. Next, I went to the Dollar General and bought supplies for supper and snacks. All's well that ends well.

Tomorrow we will take look at the local shops and eat some good Amish cooking. The same will go for Tuesday. Wednesday we head back home. So, even though we didn't attend church this morning, we did give God due dilligence and thanks for the beauty of the countryside we were seeing. Tomorrow will be even better. I hope your week will be full of peace and joy.