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Ohio Amish Country Business

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So we left the rolling hills of New York State, Pennsylvania and West Virginia behind us and crossed the great Ohio River.   My first impressions of the state of Ohio: countryside with gentle green hills well into spring.  This is fertile farming country. We spent a very interesting week in a small RV camp near Cochocton.  The Colonial Camp Ground subsists on two types of customers: weekend campers and full time workers who conduct their business in the local area.  On the whole these were younger men and couples, who spent their working weeks based from their trailers. Whether located here on a permanent basis or moving to wherever their work takes them, I’m not sure.  They worked long hours and did not seem to have time to enjoy the campground, in the way the weekend visitors did.  Adults sat chatting around their campfires in big groups, whilst their children played volleyball, horseshoes, and a popular game we have come across but whose name w...