It was an ordinary day. Driving past an Amish Buggy that has been sitting on the side of the road near my new home at Woodcrest Villas. I have been meaning to stop and take a few close-up photos to share with you and finally pulled next to it and grabbed my camera. The buggy has been sitting along the road for some time and attracts many a viewer who stop to take photos. Naturally, there is no horse to pull the buggy, but it's still fun to stop and see what it might be like to have to use a horse and buggy for your method of transportation rather than an automobile or truck. I don't think I could take a buggy out on the busy roads, being that I'm not sure I could control the horse if I had to. Blowing horns and close-calls with automobiles may scare the horse and who knows what may happen to the horse and the buggy carrying people. Amish drivers are so used to driving, or should I say steering, the horse-drawn buggy, that they know exactly what to do to control the horse. I'm absolutely sure that I would panic if an automobile got to close to the horse and buggy. Check out the photos that I took so you can see what the horse-drawn buggy is like close-up. To keep warm in the winter you dress with more clothing and remove some of that clothing in the summer to stay cool. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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| Side-view of the buggy from the front. Horse gets fastened to the left end of the buggy. |
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| Rear of the buggy showing reflectors and a tarp that can be pulled up to open the rear of the buggy for loading and unloading. |
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| Side view showing the black area where the people enter into the cab. |
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| This view shows the front where the horses would be attached to the buggy. The windshield with wiper on it is on the top. Mirrors are on either side. |
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| This shows the step into the buggy at the door. |
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close-up of wheel
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