Chocolate in the Air

Today was one of those days that Sonja has been waiting for her entire life! The Hershey Chocolate Factory Tour. Yep, believe it or not Sonja REALLY enjoys chocolate and man oh man does Hershey, PA have ALOT of it. The story of Milton Hershey and milk chocolate is quite interesting and definately worth a read.

Something that Sonja and I both noticed about the 'towns we all hear about' in PA is that our expectations of them were way off. We were thinking that our experience of Hershey and Lancaster, PA would be similar to Frankenmuth, MI. You know the quaint little towns ... but we found bustling cities and have had to take side streets and back roads to find the quaint littlle towns we had imagined in our heads.

Ok, back to the CHOCOLATE! The tour of the factory is fascinating ... actually, it's not the real factory at all, but a simulation. Regardless, they've done a great job and the tour which consists of riding in moving 'cars' through a life-like factory is interesting and educational.

Then there is the Chocolate World store ... more candy creations than you can imagine all in one place. Did you know that Hershey's makes a dark chocolate cherry cordial Kiss? Yummy. We saved the Hershey Museum to visit next time we are in town. Overall, a great experience and if you havn't been ... it's worth the trip.

Kevin's sister, Tara, came up from Frederick, MD and spent the day with us. The girls enjoyed having Aunt Tara around and we enjoyed our time together. On our way back to the campground we came across a store selling Hershey's Cocoa Mulch. Does that mean happier plants?

Until next time ... check out the Hershey Factory Photos.