Amish Car Trouble
Check out Faux Farm Girl’s story behind this ‘Amish Version of Car Trouble’. Â Or read more on Amish buggies.

Check out Faux Farm Girl’s story behind this ‘Amish Version of Car Trouble’. Â Or read more on Amish buggies.
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Lots of nice Lancaster pix at her page.
Neat photo! Looks like the horse was a little wary of the grating at the foot of that bridge.
Love the picture! Brought back memories of Daddy leading the horse over grate bridges when I was a little girl.