Chocolate Obsessed!

Just got back from Mid Atlantic Hearing Expo 2019.  We learned a lot.  

Because.....

The Hearing Expo was held 

near ......

drumroll please.....

HERSHEY PA!

And so.  the only thing to do is blow off meetings and head on down to the Hershey Museum.

And yes, we were inspired!

And delighted!

And enlightened!

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am having fun miserable here at Lindsey's.  I think when if you return to get me you should bring me presents.  Toys and treats.  Lots of them.  And bring some for Ellie too so she won't steal mine.  You owe it to me for placing me in this wonderful horrible place while you are gone.  They love hate me here.  I've eaten so much I can't move been starving because they won't feed me - so double up on those treats if ya will....  It'll be a bummer so good to have you back cause I'm so very loved and doted over wasting away to nothing here.  Remember, lots of treats and toys.  And hey, if you must ever go away again I guess you can leave me here.  I will suffer, sure - but as long as you make it worth my while *wink*wink* I can endure.

Love, 

Gracie Hayes Phillip

WHERE WERE WE?

Clue # 1:  If you are addicted to chocolate

it would be best to stay away from this place.  

Clue #2:  Gary learned a thing or two about how to make chocolate.

Clue # 3:  Factory workers (back in the day) had a separate entrance for men and women.  

Clue #4:  Factory workers used to sit in chairs like these....

On an assembly line to package the chocolate....

Clue #5:  When the female workers came in to the factory...  they may have been dressed like this:

But then they put on their aprons, ready for a hard day in the factory looking more like this:

Clue #6: Cocoa beans were roasted in a machine like this one (mmmmm.. I can smell the chocolate!!)

Clue #7:  Roller coasters galore!!!!

Clue # 8:  Every where you go...  people are handing out these:

Clue #8: Streets are made of chocolate.  Well.  Kinda.

If you guessed Hershey, Pennsylvania you guessed right!

And now....

If we can just get this tub home, we can cut our grocery bill in half by making our own...