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Ooooh, the Hershey Hotel!!! That's a future trip right there for my mom and me! What a great dinner, and a great way to warm up!!
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Great pictures from Hershey, Cheryl. Sounds like it was a very cold night. You should have stopped by good old Dunkin Donuts to get something to warm you up! I personally like their hot white chocolate
Monday 28 December – part six: a truly sweet sight!
We were there longer than I think we all figured we would be and finally left about 9.15. Boy it was still freezing when we headed back to the main area of the hotel, but after two glasses of Riesling. I was certainly feeling it a lot less than earlier. Maybe I should have had that before we went round the park.
Our next stop was to drive through the Hershey Sweet Lights and those were beautiful. They went on for much longer than I thought they would and turned out to be great value for money. Unfortunately I didn’t get that many great photos of everything, but hopefully these shots will give you an idea of what we saw that night.
Once we were done with that, we headed home and that was of course a two hour drive. I have nothing but admiration for Sue doing that, as there was no way that I could’ve stayed awake, in face I didn’t, as I took my tablets not long after we left Hershey. Stupidly, I forgot to take them at dinner, so we had to stop at a gas station to get some Sprite for me.
We were home a little after midnight. It had been a really fun time and I’m really glad we went.
The weather today was cold, but dry with temperatures in the 30s during the day and in the low 20s at night, although closer to around zero with windchill. The best thing today was Hershey and their moo cows! The worst thing today was how cold it was at night. The funniest thing today was getting on the ride and seeing all the cows! Today we tried going for a walk into the woods by Sue and Steve’s And the result was there’s some beautiful landscape around there. The most magical moment today was seeing the cows on the Hershey Park.
Great update! Those lights remind me of our "Starry Nights" drive-through display here. We had a fiasco with them last Christmas, but we'll go back again better-prepared, and we'll have a better experience! Loved your photos!
More great photos Cheryl. I too live about 2 hours from Hershey and every year I say "let's go do the lights" somehow we have never gone. If you get a chance to go back I HIGHLY reccommend the Hershey Hotel. Beautiful!! We go every other year for a girls weekend at the Hotel and The Chocolate Spa - shear Heaven.
More great photos Cheryl. I too live about 2 hours from Hershey and every year I say "let's go do the lights" somehow we have never gone. If you get a chance to go back I HIGHLY reccommend the Hershey Hotel. Beautiful!! We go every other year for a girls weekend at the Hotel and The Chocolate Spa - shear Heaven.
It did look like an amazing place. And you must make sure you do the lights this year.
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Tuesday 29 December – part one: a dog speed record...
After last night’s late night, it took us a long time to get going. I don’t think we surfaced until 9.30 this morning and, as soon as I left our room, I was met with Belle asleep outside and Cody bringing me a slipper. Bless him! Not something I was going to play with on my way to the bathroom, so he was seriously out of luck with me.
We got up to the smell of cinnamon from the oven and, oh boy, is that a good smell to wake up to. Sue was cooking cinnamon buns and those were so good. We were warned not to eat too much, as we had the PassPorter lunch today and then there would be pasta tonight as well.
We were at the house for a while, as Steve had to go and install satellite radio in his sister’s car, only to discover that she had it in there all along, once he was done.
While he was gone, Mark acted as the animal whisperer, with the two dogs by his feet and one cat above him. I’m happy if they like him. It made for some fun photos and some peace for me.
”Who me?!” Our not-so-reclusive-cat! ... yet again, desperate to get into our room! ... but she has to give up eventually! Can you guess what one of the dogs just did.... ?
We were also treated to the fastest I have ever seen a dog move when Sue did the vacuuming. We knew that Cody didn’t like it, but neither of us expected him to move as quickly as he did!
Look at that poor face! I wouldn’t do that to the Christmas decorations, if I were you.... Watch that tail!
We were a little later than I think Sue wanted to be in leaving and that problem made for a more stressful drive, as there was a little traffic on the roads. It’s understandable as it’s the period between Christmas Day and New Year. It was mad at the Mall and Sue really lucked out on being able to get a parking space that was pretty near to the restaurant.
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