We spent a day with our group in Hershey, PA. The day began at Chocolate World where we designed our own candy bars. They made us wear aprons, gloves, and hairnets. They made Rick wear a beard net.
Using several computer stations we were able to choose ingredients for our own custom chocolate bar and then design a wrapper. Mine was a dark chocolate bar with almonds, pretzels, and toffee bits. I haven't tried it yet. We've done nothing but eat since we've been here. Hopefully it won't melt before we get hungry!
We took a trolley tour of the town of Hershey. Milton Hershey came from humble beginnings and was bankrupt three times before he finally made it as a candy maker. He was a great philanthropist. He founded a boarding school for underpriviledged children which provides a completely free education to its students. He built hospitals and parks and a zoo for his factory workers. Hershey Park began as a weekend diversion for his employees. When he died he left his entire fortune to a foundation that supports the school and his other charities. A significant portion of the profits from all of his enterprises, goes to support the school and his other charities.
We head "home" to Baltimore tomorrow for a long weekend.
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