Bill's Notes

Next thing you know they'll be asking what church you go to and if you'd like to visit their church! I guess it's too late to warn you about being careful what you wish for (cabin out in the mountains), but small town life does have its charms.

This will be a great opportunity for you to make new relationships. And hopefully they will be good ones.

Don't think you would have some Amish to get "jiggy" with it in the Poconos, but maybe some Quakers or Mennonites, whatever is one step removed from the Amish. Just thinking about that shoo-fly pie gets me hungry: flour butter molasses (yum yum).

Hmmm...so what are those crazy locals saying about you? I seem to recall that they once decided that a new resident was a State Policeman, apparently based on his haircut. I think he has since let his hair grow out in an effort to prove that he is really an engineer.

I don't recall seeing any places of worship out in your future neck of the woods, and I have no idea what the dominant religious denominations are out there - though with the large numbers of people moving into the area, I suppose any "local" religious identity will eventually be supplanted. I understand there's a cult of woodchuck-worshippers out there, and obviously more than a few Servants Of Mammon (judging from all the McMansions popping up), but I think the predominant form of worship involves the firing of semi-automatic weapons.

I meant crazy in a good way, honest. I don't think you're going to see very many Pennsylvania Dutch, since the nearest enclaves are quite a ways away. Lancaster is a bit closer to Philadelphia than to the Poconos, so I guess you would be more likely to encounter a buggyful of Pennsylvania Dutch (who I think are generally Mennonites) down thataway. Up these parts, you're more likely to meet (and subsequently be eaten by) a bear. (Incidents of Mennonites eating newcomers are either rare or underreported.)