Slices of Life

On our recent trip to Hershey Pennsylvania , we arrived at our hotel in the late afternoon and while the boys wanted to go swimming we knew we wanted to go check out some limestone caves too.   We let them swim for a bit while we planned our evening. We went to Indian Echo Caverns, arriving around 4 pm. It was a bit drizzly and we weren't sure if we were going to be too late to catch a tour.  Thankfully we were just in time for the last tour of the day and we ended up being the only ones who signed up so we had a private tour.   Our tour guide was a fantastic young college student that grew up in the area and began working at the caverns when he was in high school.  We learned a bit about the area and the nearby river. Then we entered the cavern. Some of the pictures have some blurry spots since it was pretty dark inside.  I didn't want to use my flash either because the extra light tended to wash out all the features. Evan is...

Attached to Hershey park and included with our Hershey Park admission is an 11 acre animal park called ZooAmerica.  My younger two boys just love animals and could not wait to go through and see what "new" animals we could find. We spent about an hour walking around and while we found so many neat animals I only took pictures of a few of them.  ZooAmerica only features animals from North America and the zoo is sectioned off by where the various animals are found. Roseate Spoonbill  Alligator Snapping Turtle  Burrowing Owl  Roadrunner  The Black Bear We just loved this playful black bear My boys always love Prairie Dogs and all the noises they make  Elk  A cute little porcupine.  You might also be interested in: Our Trip to Hershey Park Visiting Hershey's Chocolate World Linking Up With: Thinking Out Loud Thursday

We couldn't visit Hershey, Pennsylvania and not visit Hershey's Chocolate World!  We were quite excited to see such a huge store!  There were racks upon racks of clothing, mugs, candy, candles, and just about anything Hershey- like that you could ever imagine. We had read about the chocolate world on-line before arriving and my younger two really wanted to try designing their own chocolate bars so that's what we did.  There is a food court inside and we tried some of the milk shakes and sundaes they had available.  There were giant s'mores, fizzing chocolate drinks, and regular foods too. Everything was quite themed out from the Hershey kiss hanging lights to the chocolate map on the check out wall.   It was a real feast for the eyes.    Look at all these delectable desserts! We paid for our entry into the candy bar factory and then sat to wait for our turn. We were given aprons and hairnets to wea...