Hershey's

So I guess no trip to western PA would be complete without a visit to the Hershey's chocolate factory, right? Well, I guess. But now that we've seen it, I think we could've done without it! We were hoping it would be like the cool self-guided tour of the Tillamook cheese facility in Oregon. But nope, this is a Disneyland-like park!

Lots of people with their kids. Lots of ways for parents to spend money - shows and rides, etc.

The "factory tour" (ie, Disney ride) had animated cows all along the way.

Even though the whole "tour" was fake (we weren't actually seeing the real chocolate being made - darn!!! would've been much more interesting!), it was nice to feel like there were a few Willy Wonka moments.

And of course there were tons of every kind of Hershey's candies available for purchase afterwards...

Even though it was a hot day and even though this place (or maybe because...!) was just an amusement park, it was so crowded, they were parking everyone in the grass around the regular parking lot areas!