We headed out this morning around 10am to drive down to the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. On the way we saw a sign for White Castle. Having never been, but always hearing about the chain in random forms of media, etc. we decided to stop. The burgers were 57 cents each and were worth about that much. the meat was so scarce it looked like they put a beef spread across the bun (at least I hope it was beef). Nonetheless, I enjoyed the experience and plan on going at least one more time.
Back to the Shaker Village... Shakers are (or were is more accurate) a bunch of religious folk who decided that God was calling them to build furniture and live a life of celibacy. While the furniture part is cool, they were kind of doomed with the whole no sex thing... not only can you not bring new Shaker's into this world, I'm guessing converts were pretty hard to come by. Beginning in the 1770's they came to American - in the mid 1800's the Shakers set up shop in Kentucky and by the early 1900's they were a goner. But now they have people that dress up in the Shaker clothing and do a little recreation. The place is now an inn and a restaurant, along with being a historical monument. Lots of cool buildings, fun animals and good food...
Oh yeah - Craziest thing.... we also ran into Ron while we were down there....
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