One of Those Things You Don't Really Believe Until You See...

Posting has been slow of late because I've been swamped with professional work. But our family did manage to get down to Amish country in northern Indiana over Labor Day weekend, for the big Midwest Tandem Rally. I'll post more about that event later, but in the meantime had a photo to share.

We'd forgotten a few key items on the trip, so we stopped at a Wal-Mart in Sturgis, Michigan. It's just across the state line from where all the Amish families live.

That's when we discovered just how universal Wal-Mart's customer base is. And the lengths to which Wal-Mart will go to accommodate its customers:

Yes, that's a hitching post. And, yes, those are about a half dozen Amish buggies. And, no, I wouldn't have believed it unless I'd seen it.

I realize many people have divided opinions about Wal-Mart and the merits of shopping there versus supporting local Mom and Pop merchants. For the record, we prefer to support small local merchants, too ... but sometimes Wal-Mart is the best option.

It was interesting to find that even the Amish agree.