Blogs from Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, North America

Today was just a great day! We slept in a little as we are only 15 miles away from the action and nothing opens until 9:00. So we had a leisurely breakfast and hit the road about 8:30. Our first stop of the day was at The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Ave. We thought we would get to know a little about the founder and get some idea what it takes to make chocolate. We arrived at about 8:50, so we hung around for a bit waiting for them to open. The museum was nice, but not as in depth as I had hoped. The building is 2 stories, but the actual museum only occupies the second floor. It went in a little to the early life of Milton Hershey, who started out as ... read more

Geo: 40.2858, -76.6506Editor's NOTE: Normally Glenn proof-read's my blog and does some major editing, however I am not asking him to do this for me, since he needs a break. So bear with me if there are misspelled words and the grammar is incorrect. Thanks for reading. Also, I've changed the format for the most recent entry to be on top.Verna fixed us the most delicious breakfast. We enjoyed talking with her and learning more about her love for people, photography and travel.Glenn and I then left for the day. Since we had done ALL of our visits on Monday, we kinda had a "day off". Although we could have done the "Sights and Sounds" production, we decided instead to go to Hershey, Pennsylvania. I have always wanted to go to this charming town. It was ... read more

10/02/2011 Today we toured Hershey's Chocolate World Attraction. We took a ride through a simulation of a chocolate factory at work. We also took a trolley tour of the grounds, where we saw the birthplace of Milton Hershey. Milton Hershey went bankrupt several times before becoming successful in the candy business. He actually was first successful in the carmel candy business, before learning that the English was buying his carmels and then covering them in chocolate. He began developing his own chocolate factory, and the rest is history. We saw the mansion that he built for his wife Catherine. Together they started a school for orphan boys, know as The Milton and Catherine Hershey School. Later it was opened to girls, and to this day operates for any underpriviledged children. School cost the students absolutely nothing, ... read more

Hey there everyone! We are still hanging out in here in Pennsylvania trying to figure out what there is to see and do. Yesterday we went to the town of Hershey where the BIG Hershey chocolate factory is. It is very interesting how they advertise it as "free" but once you get there you find out that they charge you for everything that you want to do except for breathe. We were able to take this little Disney type ride that explains the process of how the candy is made and of course it dumps you off in the gift shop. It was fun to see all of the candy that they make and of course we spent our money on buying candy for us and t-shirts for the boys instead of going to amusment type ... read more

Today, Jerome and I went with Mitch to Hersheypark in Hershey. First, we had breakfast downtown at a place called Roxy's in Harrisburg and I saw the Pennsylvania capitol building. Hersheypark is an amusement park, similar to Six Flags, and has many roller coasters. We spent the day there riding the best coasters there. It was really fun- it had been a while since I had been to a park with roller coasters. I also got into the wave pool and then we went to see Mitch's show/band at the amphitheatre. After the show was over, we hit the road with our destination: Washington D.C.! It took us about 2.5 hours south of Hershey to get there. When we got there, we met up with several people that Jerome knows to eat Mexican food! It was ... read more