On the road in Pennsylvania Dutch country

The hand-painted sign along the side of the road caught my eye. Homemade baked goods, root beer, jam. Behind it was large gray barn with a small farm stand in front. I peered down the gravel drive and saw a man with a beard and a hat driving a horse-drawn buggy. I’m in Bird-in-Hand, a dot on the map along Route 30 in Pennsylvania Dutch country, late in the morning on a meandering drive along farm roads that hum with grooves carved by the metal buggy wheels, looking for signs of a good reason to stop. Here was everything I needed.