has a drivers compartment and engine at this stage, the rest will be custom built to the owners specifications in about 10 days. All materials are precut prior to assembly from the specs and then installed by Amish artisons. Their craftmanship is outstanding and they pay careful attention to every detail. This plant is one of the survivors of the economy and now only builds coaches to order. They are down from 1100 employees in 2008 to 400 currently but still produce 20-30 coaches a month. This rig is 45' long, dual axel with a 500 hp diesel with all the new federally required air emission controls. It was explained to us that with the new emission regs the weight of the coach increased requiring the dual axels as 
well as an additional $5000.00 to the price tag of the already $790,000.00!
Arrived Georgetown, Ohio to warm and sultry weather conditions so Dan, Lili's stepson in blue shirt, arranged with friends Chris & Jen and daughter Abby to take a ride on the Ohio River on their beautiful pontoon boat. Also along for the ride was Carl and Dan's son, Evan. We ate lunch on a floating restaurant on the river in the town of Ripley. After lunch the kids enjoyed being towed behind the boat in a tube toy. Sorry, I don't know what the exact name of this fun devise is but they sure enjoyed the ride. A swim for the adults was in order and here Carl, Lili, Evan and Dan bob around hunting for cool spots around our feet. We stayed in the water
until we turned into prunes. The next day Dan took us on a tour of the Amish Country, which is second in size to the Penn. Amish. Their craftmanship is magnificant and Lili wishes she had an additional trailer to bring home a dining table she fell in love with. We ate lunch at an Amish deli of sandwiches prepared with homemade bread, meat, cheese, pickles and potato chips. An absolutely devine meal. We're off on another venture tomorrow..............................as the journey continues !
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