Amish folk, Ohio

While driving across Ohio (USA) I was gobsmacked seeing these black horse drawn carriages, quite unexpectedly. As the driver is hidden within the cab it looks kind of spooky with a horse pulling a covered up windowed carriage. We'd come off the main highway by mistake and what a wonderful opportunity to see in a non tourist way these folk who live a very traditional life.

The Amish Pennsylvania Dutch: Amisch, German: Amische), sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches. The Amish are known for simple living, plain dress, and reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology. source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish

 We had a closer look at the traffic lights. Inside was a father with a child. I noticed in a town square about 5 carriages gathered together, their occupants obviously exchanging conversation. Looked right out of a western movie.