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 This loop through Amish Country will give you the big picture of the area between Shipshewana and Middlebury, Indiana. En route, your guide will share the basics of the local Amish culture: Amish clothing, horses and buggies, schools, and Sunday worship. Many common myths about the Amish culture will be addressed. There will be time throughout for Q&A, so bring your questions about the local Amish culture. Stops include a cheese house, a bakery, and an Amish country market; all three have good Amish backstories, as well as lots of goodies you can take home. More stops as time permits.

    If you already know the basics about Amish clothing, horses and buggies, schools, and Sunday worship—take this tour to dive deeper! On our scenic drive between Shipshewana and Middlebury we will address such topics as the beginnings of the Amish faith; Amish beliefs (church membership, pacifism, shunning); differences between Amish groups; the role of RV factories here; dawdi houses; life and death in the Amish community; Amish health; and the rumspringen years. Stops might include (time permitting) a log cabin prayer chapel, an Amish general store, a rugmaker, an Amish cemetery, an Amish herb shop, an Amish junkyard, and/or an Amish school, with a stop at an Amish country market for some goodies to take home.  

   Our scenic route will take us first to visit an Amish leather shop, if desired. After a detour to Teaberry Woodcrafts to take a look around the workroom, we will visit Amish businesses that could include (time permitting) a furniture maker, open-style cruiser buggy maker, traditional closed-buggy maker (extra fee, paid onsite), harness maker, wooden toy maker, and/or rag rug maker (if he’s not out fishing). We might also make a stop or two to pick up some goodies to take home. Bring your questions about the local Amish culture; we can answer them. 

  This tour runs May through October only.   

Take a look at some of the Quilt Garden projects the area is famous for—three are on our route, including a walk through the legendary Krider World’s Fair Garden. Next we will take a look around an Amish farm. Time permitting, we can visit a few other Amish businesses: an herb store, plant nursery, produce stand, birdfeeder/birdhouse store, and/or a farm and garden bookstore. We might also make a stop at an Amish country market for some goodies to take home. Bring your questions about the local Amish culture; we can answer them.

  Our scenic route will take us to some quilt and fabric stores outside the downtown Shipshewana area. Time permitting, we will also stop at Teaberry Woodcrafts to take a look around the workroom, as well as the rag rug workshop of Leo Miller (if he’s not out fishing). Depending on time spent at these stops, other stops are possible along the way - options will be offered as time allows. Lastly, a stop at an Amish food market for some goodies to take home. Bring your questions about the local Amish culture; we can answer them.

 Not all the stops on this tour are Amish, but all have backstories Sue loves to tell!  Included stops in our scenic drive are the Martin family’s log cabin prayer chapel; Krider World’s Fair Garden; Rise & Roll Bakery; Heritage Ridge Creamery; WestStar Enterprises (creator of the cruiser buggy); the Chief Shipshewana monument; the story of Hezekiah Davis and the feud that started Shipshewana; the story of the Walldog murals; and time permitting, a stop at an Amish country market or bakery for some goodies to take home. Bring your questions about the Amish culture, and Sue will try to answer them all! 

  Bring home some goodies, and sample some on the spot! Included in our scenic drive will be stops such as large and small bakeries, cheese maker, small Amish food market/noodle maker, honey store, sugar-free jam maker, and/or a produce stand (in season). Need a lunch stop? Share a pretzel at Ben’s and have more Q&A time with your guide.  Between stops, your guide will answer all your questions about the local Amish culture.  Why not end your day by pre-booking your dinner meal with our Amish friend Leah?

  No quilt shops or girly stuff in this tour! Included in our scenic drive will be stops such as large or small bakeries, small Amish food market (lots of munchies), leather worker, buggy maker (extra fee, paid onsite), cruiser (open buggy) maker, furniture maker, chair maker, harness maker, wooden toy maker, and/or an Amish junkyard!  Between stops, Gary (or Sue) will answer all your questions about the local Amish culture.  Be sure to have your guide point out the new “guy-friendly shop” on the Essenhaus campus.

 If you're bringing kids to Amish Indiana, take a few hours to experience this kid-friendly tour.  Three stops can be included:

1.  Spend some time at an Amish farm.

2.  Make a stop at an Amish wooden toy store.

3.  Optional third hour at Davis Mercantile in downtown Shipshewana...  Visit the area's best toy store, an old-fashioned candy store, and the authentic 1906 Dentzel carousel ($2 per ride per child), with its hand-carved wooden farm animals.  Gary can answer all your questions about the local Amish culture.