Today Alyssa and I accompanied 6 teens and several parents from the Teen Choir to Hershey Park. This is an annual event. It was a beautiful day. Although I really wasn't too excited about going, the weather was certainly in our favor. Even when we were sitting in the hot sun, there was a nice breeze. Alyssa called me after getting off one of the water rides saying she wanted her towel because she was cold!!
Our excursion always begins with a ride through the animated Chocolate Factory. The ride ends with a free sample of chocolate. In the past, it has always been a small chocolate bar. This year we got a miniature bag of the new mini candy coated kisses. (And no matter what they say...it does melt in the heat...just ask Nancy...her keys, and both Rachel and Nick's phones were covered with melted chocolate!!)
After eating an early lunch, half the group went off on their own and the rest of us were left to our own devices! Linda, Nancy and I (the three adults) chose to hit almost every show imaginable, while Alyssa, Rachel and Nick went on rides. It was pretty crowded, so in about 4 hours, I think they only got on about 5 rides.
After hitting the last show after dinner, we all went on their newest ride which is a ride that you sit in cars and shoot targets with laser guns. As you go through the ride, you can accrue points, hoping to beat the car in front of you. Just as we were getting off the ride, we learned that Nancy and Linda had their guns pointing the wrong way, so they didn't get any points and were probably pointing a laser directly into their eyes...LOL!!
The day ended back in the same place we started, Chocolate World, but not to go on the ride, but to buy the candy!! I got t-shirts for both Alyssa and Adam (although he doesn't know that yet, cuz he's still at BCC), and candy for all of us. Kurt got his usual peanut butter cups, Adam got an asst. of miniatures, Alyssa got Reese's Pieces in a cute tin and I got an extra dark chocolate bar with macadamia nuts and cranberries. My bar, of course, was chosen because it is a rich source of flavanol anti-oxidants....
3 comments:
sounds like fun! i just wonder what in the world that is a picture of ?!?!?!?!?
I'm guessing it's some sort of hybrid cow-duck shinning a light on guests so they know they're being watched?? It's a little scary for Hershey.
OK, you're both pathetic! It's a cow! It's at the end of the chocolate factory animated tour. It takes your picture (hence the camera in the lower right and the flash in the lower left!) and by the time you get off the ride, the pictures are being flashed up on the tv screens. For the low, low price of whatever, you can purchase the pictures!
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