"Sweetest place on earth"

 Sunday- day 4--We left the hotel in a slow drizzle which continued most of the day.  Today we visit Hershey, Pennsylvania- the sweetest place on earth- according to their signs.

Inside Chocolate World, there are various shows and tours, and if we wanted to pay for them, we probably could have done several.  We did the free tour, which reminded me of "It's a Small World" at Disney World.  There were carts for 6 folks to ride in and a cloying song about Hershey and milk that was sung by cows.  Over and Over and Over.  This "ride" gave us the basics of choc. production from picking beans, to drying and roasting them, to crushing and blending them.  Additives were mentioned (milk and sugar) as well as molding into bars or kisses.

    After the ride, we were free to browse the gift shop, the food court, or enjoy more expensive tours or movies. 

 It was rather full, but then it is a Sunday, so I expect families were there for a weekend activity.

 We bought a couple of shirts, some chocolate (DUH!), a tote bag and had lunch.  Soup and a baked potato were tasty, but the best thing we ate, was the extra dark hot fudge sundae, which we shared.  Oh My Goodness, it was WONDERFUL. 

On leaving Chocolate world, we drove 2 1/2 hours to a very good restaurant in New Jersey- close to our hotel.  The fish was unusually good, according to N and my chicken with grilled veggies was good as were the desserts which came with the meal.  The restaurant is next door to a Bed Bath and Beyond, where N and I went to get him a cushion for his bus seat.
Movie of the day was Avatar- which got REALLY loud at times.

Still raining, the bus driver is doing an excellent job of dealing with the traffic and his huge vehicle.  On the way from the restaurant to the hotel the folks in a row in the middle of the bus started getting dripped on, then the drip became a slight stream.  they got their rain coats out.  The bus is a 2013 model and the driver has diagnosed a leaking seal at the emergency door (right by the leak)  Don't know if it can be fixed or if we just have to "deal" and hope for dry weather.
Finished book #3 Baldacci's The Forgotten and will begin "The 19th Wife", a book about Mormons in the late 1800's .
The temperature today has been in the high 50's to low 60's-.  Yes, I'm wearing my jacket and have the gray cape ready if needed.
One of the folks in the bus behind me said "This has been the funnest day yet"  I concur.