WE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE FAR FOR A VACATION.  A RIDE TO AMISH COUNTRY IN INDIANA WILL TAKE YOU TO A TIME WHEN LIFE WAS SIMPLE.  HORSES PULLING FARM IMPLEMENTS AND CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN WORKING THE FAMILY FARM.  MOST OF THE AMISH WOMEN ARE GOOD COOKS AND A MEAL AT THE BLUE GATE IN SHIPSHIWANA, OR DAS ESSEN HOUSE IN MIDDLEBURY WILL GIVE YOU A REAL TREAT FOR A MODERATE PRICE.  WE DID ALL THAT IN ONE DAY AND IT WAS MOST ENJOYABLE.  I WAITED TO BUY GAS IN INDIANA, BUT IT COST MORE THERE SO IT WAS BACK HOME TO FILL THE TANK.  AN AMISH ADVENTURE IS GREAT AND NOT TO COSTLY, IF YOU CAN AVOID THE MANY GIFT SHOPS AND AMISH FURNITURE OUTLETS. HORSE MANURE ON THE ROAD IS NOT AN ODDITY IN AMISH COUNTRY.