Cabalas and Longaberger Basket Company (still hot in Madison!!!)
We left Elk Neck State Park on June 14, and headed to Schellsburg, PA for our first Group Dinner at Bedford. It is a very pretty area with rolling hills and farms along with ponds and small lakes. We stayed at Shawnee State Park and moved on to Dillon, OH the next morning. As we drove toward OH on Route 30, we passed beautiful pastoral countryside, Bison grazing, and picturesque farms as well as some very poor areas, We climbed the Allegany Mountains passing “Ball Knob Summit” at a height of 2,906 feet. We traveled past windmills, Camp Allegany ( a Methodist Church Camp), Schanks-
ville (Flight 93 Memorial), a massive, though “well organized” junk yard, and the Hoffman Nursery.
At Wheeling, WVA, we stopped for lunch and shopping at Cabala’s-always a fun place. Then we were on the road to Delaware, OH and a visit to the Longaberger Basket Company the next morning.
It was really fun touring the famous Longaberger Company and watching the baskets actually being made-all by hand! The amazing thing about the company is that it was started by David Longaberger who continued the basket making legacy that his father began many years ago. David was one of 12 children, and he was learning disabled, epileptic, had social problems, and graduated high school at age 21 .He was very customer driven, and worked hard to treat his employees and customers very well. It was very impressive facility, and we enjoyed a good lunch and shopping in the surrounding businesses in the complex. The baskets command a very high price, and I couldn’t see spending that kind of money when I have all the supplies at home! I am glad I saw it though. The picture of the large basket with the flags in the foreground is their office building. It is a fun place to see!
In the “small world” department, we met folks at Longerberger who were from Allentown, PA (not far from DE), and he is from Madison, SD. My Aunt Lucille traveled to Madison to play for a “polka” service at a church there when we were visiting her. It is fun meeting folks along the way and finding out our commonalities.
Tomorrow we will visit the OH State Capitol in Columbus.
Take good care, and we will catch up with you later!
Mary Ann, Les, and Miss Polly
We left Elk Neck State Park on June 14, and headed to Schellsburg, PA for our first Group Dinner at Bedford. It is a very pretty area with rolling hills and farms along with ponds and small lakes. We stayed at Shawnee State Park and moved on to Dillon, OH the next morning. As we drove toward OH on Route 30, we passed beautiful pastoral countryside, Bison grazing, and picturesque farms as well as some very poor areas, We climbed the Allegany Mountains passing “Ball Knob Summit” at a height of 2,906 feet. We traveled past windmills, Camp Allegany ( a Methodist Church Camp), Schanks-
ville (Flight 93 Memorial), a massive, though “well organized” junk yard, and the Hoffman Nursery.
At Wheeling, WVA, we stopped for lunch and shopping at Cabala’s-always a fun place. Then we were on the road to Delaware, OH and a visit to the Longaberger Basket Company the next morning.
It was really fun touring the famous Longaberger Company and watching the baskets actually being made-all by hand! The amazing thing about the company is that it was started by David Longaberger who continued the basket making legacy that his father began many years ago. David was one of 12 children, and he was learning disabled, epileptic, had social problems, and graduated high school at age 21 .He was very customer driven, and worked hard to treat his employees and customers very well. It was very impressive facility, and we enjoyed a good lunch and shopping in the surrounding businesses in the complex. The baskets command a very high price, and I couldn’t see spending that kind of money when I have all the supplies at home! I am glad I saw it though. The picture of the large basket with the flags in the foreground is their office building. It is a fun place to see!
In the “small world” department, we met folks at Longerberger who were from Allentown, PA (not far from DE), and he is from Madison, SD. My Aunt Lucille traveled to Madison to play for a “polka” service at a church there when we were visiting her. It is fun meeting folks along the way and finding out our commonalities.
Tomorrow we will visit the OH State Capitol in Columbus.
Take good care, and we will catch up with you later!
Mary Ann, Les, and Miss Polly
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