For our last Saturday together at camp a group of us decided to drive to Hershey, PA to visit the free-entrance chocolate world at Hershey Park and go on the ride that takes you on a tour through the factory. We drove up in two cars and a few hours, indie songs, and Taylor Swift shout-alongs later we arrived at the park. The air itself breathed Hershey cholatelyness. Perhaps the worst part of the trip was seeing the tantalizing summits of roller coasters just over the fence at Hershey Park. We had decided to take the poor camp-counselor/college-kid route and content ourselves with the free attractions rather than splurging on 200$ tickets to the amusement park. However looking around the enormous Hershey store, at racks of 10lb chocolate bars, rows of every imaginable flavor of Hershey kisses, plushy Reese's shaped pillows was delightful in of itself. It really made me think of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
For the tour we sat four to a car which leisurely lead us through Hershey-making magic. During the ride we were taken through the process of mixing, forming, and packaging the numerous Hershey delights (kisses, peanut-butter cups, almondjoys, kitkat, etc) and throughout the tour we were serenaded by singing stuffed cows. It was childish, but nonetheless enjoyable, and to top it off we got complimentary chocolate at the end of the ride.
After we had exhausted all the free attractions we drove to my friend, Amanda's house. There some of us cooked up Mac and Cheese, steak, broccoli, and peanut butter no-bake cookies while the other watched a movie. After eating together we headed home, thoroughly exhausted.
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