Hershey (Day 7 and 8)......

The next morning we went to Hershey Pennsylvania. There's a big amusement park there but we decided to just take part in Chocolate World and what it had to offer. First of all here's a picture of Hershey when you're driving in.Yup those are Hershey kisses for street lights. One wrapped and then unwrapped. Here's a closer up picture.

Chocolate World entrance. Here we went on a ride that shows how they make chocolate. They do not give factory tours anymore so they have this ride to show you how it is all done. We then did a trolley tour of Hershey to see the factory and Mr. Hershey's mansion. As well as all the homes and school that he built for boys (and now girls) who come from low income families so that they can have education. It was really great to see all the ways that this man and his wife (who had no kids) really stepped up and helped their community. To this day children are still being looked after by the Hershey fund. Made me feel a little bit better about the non fair trade aspect of the day. However not enough :)

Of course they've got everything you could ever imagine in the store. Lindsay (my sister) and I were shocked. Yup that's a real five pound chocolate bar.

This picture just shows the craziness of all the product. It was so hard to not spend way too much money on a bunch of chocolate!

We left Hershey mid afternoon and drove through my favorite part of the trip. We went through New York city (well not right through downtown but you could see it from the highway). Then into Connecticut, where we stumbled upon an IKEA :) We stayed in Connecticut that night and got up the next morning and drove through Boston. We stopped at old Orchard beach in Maine but unfortunately couldn't find a place to park the motor home. So we continued on through Maine.

This is Penny, my dad's dog. She makes a great travel companion. Lindsay was lying on the floor taking pictures of Penny while she looked at her.

Ah the joys of doing the drive in a motor home. Last dump station so we had to stop to empty all the yumminess.

We spent the last night in Calais and then headed across the border the next morning to home sweet home.

Thanks again for listening to me relive yet another vacation. That should be it for a while!