Amy’s Frosty Freeze in Mifflinburg looks like it walked out of American Graffiti.

The Purple Cow, along Rt. 45 near Lewisburg, is our family’s favorite ice cream spot in the valley.

The Original Italian Pizza and Restaurant in Mifflinburg offers pizza, pasta and salads that are better than you would expect in Central Pennsylvania.

A roadside ice cream shop that’s added a back dining room, Chilly Willy’s offers great soft service ice cream and sundaes year-round, and daily lunch and dinner specials.

It’s open five days a week for lunch and dinner. Technically, a membership club, anyone can eat there. To drink, you need to be a member, which is no more expensive or complicated than going to the bar and asking the bartender to join.

It happens every Friday morning in Rebersburg, PA, a small hamlet just a few miles outside of Millheim.

About a half-hour car ride from Oakwood on Penns Creek, the Lewisburg Farmers Market offers all sorts of fresh vegetables, fruits, poultry and meats.

Another place for Amish spotting, Green Ridge is located just outside of Mifflinburg.