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xzmattzx August 14th, 2006, 02:16 AM Here are some pictures of Lancaster County's beautiful scenery. The last pictures was taken along State Route 283, a freeway that connects Lancaster to Harrisburg. All of the other photos are from State Route 741, east of Strasburg (Strasburg is southeast of Lancaster). As I have mentioned many times, Route 741 is one of the most scenic roads I have ever driven on.
Most of the farms pictured are Amish farms. Also, it was that time of year to harvest the latest round of the corn and tobacco crops.
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Bond James Bond August 14th, 2006, 02:24 AM Corn!
JAB323 August 14th, 2006, 04:46 AM You know ur in Amish country when you seen tobacco in PA.
ROCguy August 14th, 2006, 04:52 AM I didn't think they grew Tobacco in PA.
Promiscuous Boy August 15th, 2006, 02:01 AM ^^Neither did I!
Nice scenery, but I just hate Lancaster Co.
Evergrey August 15th, 2006, 02:54 AM ^^Neither did I!
Nice scenery, but I just hate Lancaster Co.
Why? Just curious cuz I hate it too (not the traditional farms... just the sprawl that's swallowing everything)
wheelingman August 15th, 2006, 03:28 AM ^ I hate the sprawl too. There won't be hardly any farmland left before too long.
sargeantcm August 15th, 2006, 03:33 AM Looks like the type of place that people call "God's Country".
Yeah, sprawl sucks.
xzmattzx August 15th, 2006, 03:38 AM Lancaster County is still very rural south and a little east of Lancaster (where these pictures are from). The sprawl is really along 283 from Lancaster growing towards Harrisburg and vice versa; Dauphin County is a better place to see sprawl though.
Evergrey August 15th, 2006, 03:47 AM Looks like the type of place that people call "God's Country".
Yeah, sprawl sucks.
I always thought God's Country was reserved for very remote natural areas... like Potter County, PA... as opposed to a heavily agricultural region.
sargeantcm August 15th, 2006, 03:54 AM I always thought God's Country was reserved for very remote natural areas... like Potter County, PA... as opposed to a heavily agricultural region.
Maybe. Everytime I've heard it, it's been agricultural. However, agricultural areas due tend to be remote. I think alot of people just make the call based on the, let's say, certain aroma of farmland.
JAB323 August 15th, 2006, 05:04 AM I didn't think they grew Tobacco in PA.
Exactly my point, at one time only a few years ago tobacco farms were everywhere in So. MD, but after the gov buyout the only tobacco farmers are the Amish in St. Mary's nd Charles count.
Promiscuous Boy August 15th, 2006, 06:10 AM Why? Just curious cuz I hate it too (not the traditional farms... just the sprawl that's swallowing everything)
Yeah, I like the farms too! But like you said, it's just a huge sprawl, you see all kind of random stuff along side state routes in Lancaster Co.
ROCguy August 15th, 2006, 06:13 AM The "God's Country" signs are all in the central PA post-coal boom podunk towns.
wheelingman August 15th, 2006, 08:49 AM They often call West Virginia "God's Country."
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