Saturday, September 11, 2010

Vacation Part 3 - Hershey Park

On Friday Ben had to work, but the rest of us went to Hershey, Pennsylvania to learn about the yummy chocolate that I so love to eat! Lucky for me they like to give out samples too! Yum! Here the kids are sporting their stylish 3-D glasses that we wore during the movie about the creation of Hershey chocolate and the man behind the vision. I learned that during the great depression he built the amusement park so that he would have jobs for his workers - now that's an amazing person and employer!
Isn't Dani just the cutest little thing you've ever seen!
After our 3-D movie we went on a little ride that takes you through the process of making all the different candies made by Hershey. First, of course you start with singing cows and....their lovely behinds. They show all the different mixing stages and molding that the chocolate goes through. It was very interesting. (Best of all was the chocolate we were given at the end!)
Finally the last thing the kids did was to package some Hershey kisses that they would sell in their shops (or I should say that they tried to sell to us). The kids had to have their photo taken for a "worker's ID" and put on some official hats so they could package their chocolate. The kids were a little disappointed that we didn't buy the chocolate that they packaged for $10, but felt better when we told them they could pick out a t-shirt. I wanted the souvenir to last a little longer than that chocolate would have. ;o)

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