After DC, we headed to the sweetest place on Earth...Hershey, Pennsylvania! Our traveling tribe met there at the Hershey Thousand Trails Campground. While we were in Hershey, we visited the Hershey Story Museum, where we learned the story of Milton Hershey and how the Hershey Company came to be. We also learned what a wonderful philanthropist Mr. Hershey was and how his legacy continues today in the Milton Hershey School. It was a very informative visit and we learned so much about this amazing man.
We were able to do an fun chocolate tasting experience while in Hershey! Most of us enjoyed the Hershey's Milk Chocolate best.
Aaron and I toured the AACA Museum where we saw various vintage cars! We really enjoyed our time there! My favorite was the Kiss Mobile and Aaron loved them all! He loves cars!
We also took some really great and educational tours while in Hershey with our homeschool friends. We did the Hershey Trolley Tour of the town, the Hershey Chocolate Tour, the UTZ Potato Chip Tour, the Wilbur Chocolate Tour (to compare and contrast the chocolate quality!), and the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Factory Tour (which was very hands-on and we made our own pretzels!) We also had the opportunity to visit the Daybreak Poly Furniture Factory, where our traveling friends, the Baumans', make some amazing furniture from recycled milk jugs!
Our family also had the privilege of going on an Old Amish Tour, where we toured the Amish countryside, visited an Amish Farm and were treated to Shoo fly pie in a real Amish kitchen. The Amish host was as fascinated by our traveling lives as we were about her Amish life. There was also a Jewish couple in our group from New York who only ate Kosher, and we learned a lot about them as well.
We made some wonderful memories in Hershey and we can't wait to go back!
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| The Hershey Story Museum |
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| Chocolate Lab...Here we come! |
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| We started our day with the Chocolate Tasting to get us in the Hershey mood! |
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| Most of us enjoyed the Hershey's Milk Chocolate...it was the smoothest and tasted the most familiar! |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Hershey |
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| We love museums that engage us and get us learning! |
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| So cool! |
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| Bathtub Truck |
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| Watching a quick video on how chocolate was made in the old days |
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| Hershey Soap?!?! |
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| Quality Chocolate! |
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| Learning about packaging and marketing |
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| Creating his own package |
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| Hearing it all firtshand! |
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| Did you know? |
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| My little boys...learning through doing! |
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| Looking through the microscope |
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| What a great experience! |
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| Aaron and I went to the AACA Museum while Braden and Bryan rested back home... |
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| My guy! |
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| We walked every morning. There was a strenuous hill and on the pile of rocks was this ladybug. It helped me climb the hill :-) |
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| Aaron received a very special birthday present from a very special friend! |
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| Chocolate World!!!!!! |
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| I had always wanted to take the Hershey Trolley Tour... |
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| Our tour guide talked so ridiculously fast, but he gave out candy at regular intervals! |
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| On the corner of happy and sorta healthy |
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| Sign us up! |
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| Happy family!!! |
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| Bryan and the Mace Family |
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| Our friends! The Mace Family (Left) and the Bauman Family (Right) |
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| UTZ Tour...Seriously, I've been wanting to do this tour since before we started our USA trip |
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| Lots of options |
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| Raw Potatoes |
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| Washing and Peeling |
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| Watching the action... |
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| Chips!!!! |
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| Get in my belly!!! |
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| Smooth and efficient process! The potatoes are literally dropped from the truck into this room where they are processed and cooked immediately. |
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| So fresh and delicious |
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| Voodoo chips are a family favorite |
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| Braden never passes up a great deal |
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| Amish meal with Nonna and Pop-Pop |
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| Delicious |
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| Fishing with Quentin |
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| Rainy day for a visit to Daybreak Poly Furniture |
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| Myron took us around to each station and taught the kids what happens each step of the process |
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| Finished products |
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| Quality control |
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| Next Up...Pretzel Tour |
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| Ready for our tour |
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| Savannah and Aaron discussing something important...maybe pretzels? |
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| Our pretzel tour guide |
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| Learning about the entire process |
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| And then we had a chance to make our own pretzels! |
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| Not too shabby |
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| Concentrating... |
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| Pretzel oven... |
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| Because we haven't had enough chocolate... |
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| Back at the campground...time for a campfire! |
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| The private Amish Tour was amazing! We were able to drive the back roads and visit some Amish farms |
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| Our little group |
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| Some of the goodies we bought at one of the stops |
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| Mom's Night Out in Hershey |
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| Some pictures from my friend, Roxanne. There I am making my pretzel! |
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| Our group at Wilbur's |
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