Summer was off to a bang with the Bures Reunion in early July. For several reasons (flexibility being the biggest) we decided to make the 12 hour drive from Boston. We broke up the trip by stopping halfway spending two days in Hershey, PA!
We started off this mini-break by visiting Hershey World. Its always fun to see how some of your favorite treats are made. We were also surprised to learn how many of our favorite treats fall under the Hershey brand.
The highlight of this visit was being able to create our very own chocolate bar. Each of us was able to design the label on our bar, choose the type of base chocolate (milk, dark or white) and the fixers (crispies, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles, pretzels, butterscotch bits, etc) to add. It was so top-secret that we didn't know what each created until the bars were in the production queue.
Are bars on next up!
Victoria was the only one who picked white chocolate.
Time to be covered in milk chocolate and chilled.
Our bars are finished and ready to be eaten! I wonder who is the most excited to eat theirs first???
Afterwards it was back to the hotel for fun in the swimming pool given the heat. That evening we headed to Hershey Park. We had a pleasant discovery that they sell sunset tickets at a fraction of the cost if you enter after 5pm. In addition the park was less crowded letting us get on and off ride quickly. We rode the Coal Cracker (i.e. flume) three times before heading to a new ride given how short was the line. Our finale was a "family friendly" roller coaster (Comet) which was so beautifully lite up against the night sky. I thought we were going to lose Micah and Victoria's dinner on that sucker. When we were able to get off, Micah just looked at John and said "never again".
The next morning before heading out on our second leg of the drive to VA, we stopped at Indian Echo Caves. The first visitors were thought to be the Susquehannock Indians, who vanished in the early 17th century, as a refuge during inclement weather as the temperature inside is a constant 52 degrees. The caves were eventually opened to the public in 1929.
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