Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 4 : Spring 2010 | Page 39

greeter got a surprised look on her face and said, “Wow! what kind of
gangsters are you?” Equally surprised, I said, “We are Amish gangsters!”
We all laughed and continued on our way. A few minutes later it
dawned on us that she thinks we are only dressed up for Halloween!
We have had many good laughs about that one!

Almost two years after my first trip to the County I bought a
farm in Fort Fairfield.
Now we had a lot of work ahead of us. We had to sell most of our
animals and all the things we could not bring with us.

We set a moving date for August 28th, 2007. We had a lot
of packing and preparing to do, but with lots of help from friends and
neighbors we were ready on time.

On August 27th our belongings were loaded on potato trucks
that were returning to Easton from Pennsylvania. We spent the final
night with other families.

On the 28th our family of eleven children said goodbye to
families and many friends. We boarded the bus at noon and would be
traveling for the next 34 hours.

Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Miller and their two children also moved
at the same time, plus several extended family members came with us
to help us unload our trucks and get all our furniture into our