Vacation

 Vacation Post!  So, the last week in August has turned into our annual summer vacation week.  Past vacations have included the White Mountains, Vermont and San Diego.  This year we voted as a family to load up the car and drive to Hershey, PA.  Which we found out is called Derry Township, but in reality we all had fun.

Hershey Park is a GIANT amusement park with LOTS of roller coasters and a major waterpark.  We did the rides, and the kids had a lot of fun.  Mark did lots of different roller coasters, and this is one of the insane rides.  Adam and the kids went on the SUPER DOOPER LOOPER, and the kids loved it.

In the photos there is a photo of the kids on the monorail ride. 


There were the traditional bumper cars and swing rides, and we all had a good time.


We then went to CHOCOLATE WORLD, which is next door to Hershey Park, and we had a chocolate tasting, watched a 4D movie, but the thrill was to make your own chocolate bar.  We also each got to design our own cartons, in addition to our chocolate bar.   There was a gift shop FULL of Hershey bars and other chocolate candies, which in reality you can get at any CVS or grocery store.  
We also took a historical tour of Hershey, Hershey Academy and learned all the good that Milton Hershey did with his fortune, and how his goodness still lives on today.

 We also spent an hour at Indian Echo Caves, which was REALLY COOL and I highly recommend that you take the time to see the caves.  Our tour guide was excellent with kids, history and science.

We dove to Lancaster County, and learned about the Amish, which was fun.  We took a buggy ride, learned about dairy farms, and just had a good time.

We ate shoofly pie, which none of us liked, and we ate whoopie pies.

Our vacation's last stop was Cafe Noir, in NYC, to see Aunt Rebecca at her new spot and we were lucky enough to have lunch there!