Area residents James McGill, Mackienze Hylton, Gage Sims, Savannah Sims, Gary Sims and Kelsey McGill stand in front of the Das Dutchman Essenhaus, a popular Amish country kitchen, in Middlebury, Ind. The group, which also included Dealy Sims, Williamsburg, went to Middlebury to visit old friends. “We enjoyed the beautiful colors of the trees and the small-town people,” Kelsey McGill said.