Hershey

The trip to Hershey took about 1.5 hours along the backroads of Amish country. It was a nice drive, although slow due to tourist traffic in some of the little towns. First stop was Hershey World. I was under the impression that there was a factory tour because the website said something like “see how Hershey chocolate is made” but when we arrived, we found out that it was a Disney-like ride with singing cows and plastic chocolate made to look like it was on a conveyor belt. As it turns out, they stopped the actual factory tours in the 1970’s. Bummer. Everything else in Hershey World was child-oriented so we left and walked down to Hershey Park, the theme park. When we were driving in, the traffic and parking were terribly busy, as were the lines to get into the park. One lady told me they were the worst she has ever seen. So we passed on the park and walked over to the Hershey museum. On the way, a kind lady gave us some free tickets. Great! The museum was so-so. Next we drove to the Hershey hotel for a snack, a drink, and maybe some dessert. It’s Hershey so they are bound to have awesome desserts, right? Nope. There was only one semi-chocolate dessert on the menu we were presented. Oh well. We made our own Hershey dessert later that night…S’mores over the campfire. Yum!

Here's the factory. Notice the bushes spell out Hershey Cocoa.