Thursday, June 30, 2011

Bucket List: Check 1

It's been a while since I've written anything, and I kept telling Caroline (who persistently reminds me I'm behind on my writing) that there was nothing interesting to write about, but lo and behold tonight that all changed.

What started out as a leisurely walk in Ethridge- which was pretty exciting in itself to me- ended up being one of the most exciting nights of my summer... I got to ride in an Amish Buggy!!

Imagine: You've spent your whole life seeing these buggies everywhere wondering what it might be like to ride in one, and once you're older you finally consent to the fact that you will probably never know. Well just try to conjure up the excitement of getting to finally ride in one, and see what it's like to be in their shoes for a few minutes.

Caroline and I were at her uncle's house feeding the dogs with her Nana, and then were about to start walking when her Nana asked if we wanted to walk down to Enus's house (he's the Amish man) because she had to ask him a question, and of course you can't call because they don't have phones! So we started walking. It turned out to be further than we thought, and there was one scary dog on the way that we didn't want to pass by again; it was also starting to get dark. Once we got there her Nana talked to Enus for a little bit and then said, "Well... It's getting pretty dark. We don't really want to walk back home, and it was a little longer than I thought." To which he replied, "Well the horse and buggy are still out, the boys can hitch it up and I can take y'all home." I was jumping with joy inside. I was so excited I could hardly contain myself.

(Meanwhile the little Amish boys are checking out Caroline in her "bathing suit" aka her tanktop and shorts. They had probably never seen a naked lady up that close.

Anyways, so we climbed in the buggy and it was surprisingly comfortable and had a nice view. It went a lot faster and smoother than I would have thought. I even made Caroline turn and look out the back just for fun. There was a nice breeze the whole way, and the seats were padded and covered with some fur, we're still not sure exactly where that came from, but we don't really want to know.

It just reinstated my dream to live in Ethridge and have my own buggy to take nice Sunday ride.