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COUSINS AT DEERE RUN IN SHIPSHEWANA

I remember going to Shipshewana with my aunt and grandmother to either put stuff in or take stuff out of the "locker." I was young enough to stand on "the hump" in the backseat and not have my head hit the roof. The locker was, I believe, rented freezer space. This would have been in the 50's.

When I went to IU and called home, I learned to automatically spell "Shipshewana" to help the operators find the area in Northern Indiana I was trying to reach.

Since those days, Shipshewana has developed into quite an Amish-themed tourist destination and , in fact, I am going to have lunch at the Blue Gate Restaurant today with my cousins who have come up from Fountain County.

The menu, which can be accessed by clicking the Blue Gate link above seems limited and different from what I remember. However, on another part of the site, there is this:

The Blue Gate's Amish and Mennonite homestyle cuisine features daily specials and entrees like succulent beef and thick homemade noodles, deep-dish chicken pot pie, and signature dish, homestyle meatloaf.

I have no idea why they wouldn't have this on the menu page itself and cannot believe they would not feature noodles and meatloaf. Maybe I will ask.


They are staying at the Deere Run Bed & Breakfast north of town off of Ind.5. I looked it up on the internet and the picture of the house greatly resembles the one we lived in in West Chester, Ohio. That one was in the everywhere-you-looked Cincinnati brick.
I don't know if Deer Run is in a subdivision or not, but I guess I will find out. I think it is, however, because the directions include the instruction "count 4 houses."

YIKES: It turns out that the people who own the Deere Run B&B have some school links to me. Glenda asked me about Judy Fuller from Sturgis High School and then mentioned the folks said the husband's brother was in my class and in band. She showed me the brochure where Nathan Frick's name was listed and remarked, "I can't remember what they said his brother's name was." I tentatively said, "Scott Frick?" Yes, that was it. They even saw my picture in an old yearbook - that's worth a double yikes.

I guess the breakfast was fantastic at Deere Run; while we were waiting for our meal to come at the Blue Gate, they described it to me and I'm thinking, "Whoa, how can you have room for anything more?" But then, we were there at 2 pm, so that helped.

UPDATE: I have no idea about the comment below-it popped up immediately from some guy in a different language. Can't understand it; think it was some sort of automatic response. I would have deleted it but that only removes the message, not the fact that one was left.

posted by Jody @ 8:10 AM