What Do The Amish And RVers Have In Common?

We are currently in Amish country and have discovered a few interesting things that we RVers and the Amish share in common. While I was at Best Buy RVs one of the RV techs told me that the Amish frequently come into the store to purchase propane equipment. Below is our nephew Joe Manley and his wife Rachel (who just finished her second year of medical school). They are standing outside an Amish grocery store. Notice the propane light fixture behind them.It turns out that they use propane for lanterns, cooking and refrigerators. The Amish are not allowed to use utility companies because they want to be self sufficient and not have to rely on a “worldly” company for their daily energy requirements. They can purchase propane, gasoline and oil but can’t purchase electricity off the grid. They can, however, make their own electricity with wind, water or gas powered generators.
Yesterday we stopped at Fountain Acres Foods which is an Amish run deli, bakery and grocery store. We purchased some scrumptious baked goods including a chocolate shoo-fly pie, chocolate chip cookies and raisin bread.This store uses generators to power the refrigerators, compressed air to run the ceiling fans and propane for the lanterns. Notice the many skylights that flood the store with light during normal shopping hours. RVers, like the Amish, are capable of living completely separate from the power grid. We use the same type of appliances and technology that allow us to do so. The big difference is that we don’t use real horses to pull our rigs. If you want to visit Fountain Acres Foods take highway 27 North off of highway 70 in Indiana and drive about five miles, it will be on your right.