Hershey, PA

Mom#1 - Not too eventful today. Rented a car for the one day and drove up to Hershey. It was snowing up there, and around 31 degrees. Of course the theme park was closed, but we went inside and did the tour ride - me, I was hoping I could see the REAL factory, and I was a bit disappointed that it was only a ride version (although they did pipe in a nice choclate smell!) They did hand out chocolates at the end - can't go wrong with that.
Of course, one HAS to check out the many items for sale, not matter that they are expensive! I actually picked up a messenger bag that was on sale, for a decent price. It would have been fun to go on the trolley ride, but we were all hungrey, and the food looked like typical amusement park food (in other words, lots of dough for not great food). So, we ventured out down the street and stopped at Appleby's. 4stars to that one - the food tasted great, the people were friendly. OH yea, we did do the BIG 3D show, and that was actually fun. I won't spoil it..but it surprised me!
We came back early to hopefully go to bed earley, since we want to get up around 5am, go down for the breakfast at the hotel (our tub had backed up - gross - so we're getting a comped dinner and breakfast)and figure out how to catch the train to DC. The plan is to be there near the Capitol around 9am so I can poick up my tickets, then meet Ms. M, then see if we can get into the Smithsonian, or one of it's branches. And then check out whatever we can squeeze in. We want to get back to the hotel early, so hopefully Mom #2 has no problems staying...

Kid Reporter #1 - we went to hershey's Factory. We went on this indoor car tram that expalined how the cacao beans got heated and melted, and they add milk and sugar and mold it into the candy bar shapes. It was fun! After that, we went to a movie theater inside the Factory that was 3D. It said it would explain Hershey's career, but it was a bunch of cartoons.
After that, my mom took me to a grocery store, I almost fell asleep on my hand which bent it the wrong way (not from Mom #1 - he DID fall asleep, for over 30 minutes).
We came back to the hotel and I opened a candy box I got at the hershey store (they gave away free candy, and we also bought some).
So, I am very excited that tomorrow we're going to Washington DC!!!!!!

We won't be able to blog tomorrow night - no computer access - but we'll be back on Tuesday night, and we'll sdo our very best to explain everything that happens. Please come back to read!