Hershey

I have always wanted to visit Hershey, PA. Why? In Elementary School I saw a picture of a street light in the shape of a hershey kiss. I grew up in Oregon and had never gone further east than Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, so I knew I would never ever go to Pennsylvania.

Fast forward twenty years...Mark's parents are serving a mission in DC. They live two hours south of Hershey. So when we went to visit them for the Christmas holiday I just had to travel to Hershey. AND they were kind enough to indulge me in my silly childhood fantasy.

The entrance to Hershey's Chocolate World.

There is a ride you can go on for free that explains how the chocolate is made. It's way fun and you get a treat at the end!

A gingerbread house made the hershey way. Can you spot the chocolate bars, kit kats, peanut butter cups, bliss, kisses, and hershey-etts?

Kendra became a hershey factory worker.


She took a gear and loaded it with hershey kisses.


Then the kids do a dance and put it on the belt to the packaging center. Then they come out on another belt where you can purchase them for $13.95 or dump them in a bin...Mark made us dump it in the bin. :(

It was a glorious trip well worth the two hour drive. I would like to go back when it's warm and we can go to Hershey Park (amusement park) and Echo Caverns.