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The first tunnel we encountered on the route east today was the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel. The cool thing about this tunnel is that it crosses under the Eastern Continental Divide. Of course when anyone mentions the continental divide in the United States everyone always first thinks about the continental divide that goes through the Rocky Mountains out west. Just so you know, there are actually 6 continental divides in North America.
The next three tunnels we passed through were the Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel, the Kittatinny Mountain Tunnel and finally the Blue Mountain Tunnel. These last two tunnels should almost be counted as one because there is only about a quarter of a mile between the two.
As a proper way to end our first day at our new campsite day we had our Pennsylvania campfire tonight, complete with a few wieners on a stick.
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WORK DAY FROM THE POD |
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 WEDNESDAY |
SIGHTSEEING DAY |
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My go to place for breakfast lately has been Waffle House, I just love their hash browns. I order them smothered, covered and country. That's cheese, onions and gravy for those of you who haven't been to a Waffle House yet. But Tricia wanted to go to someplace different so I surprised her with a place I found online with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on Google. The Soda Jerk Diner & Ice Cream Bar, a 50's style diner with some out of the ordinary offerings on the menu, just the kind of place Tricia likes.
We both ordered off of the daily specials menu, Tricia had a Breakfast Quesadilla and I ordered the Crabby "Old Bay" Hash and Eggs. Sorry no photos, the food was gone from the table in less than ten minutes. Just two miles away was our cave tour at Indian Echo Caverns. As usual we were on the very first tour of the day at 10:00AM. Just as we were about to enter the cave we saw two bus loads of elementary school kids pull up to have a field trip. Fortunately there is also a petting zoo near the parking lot, so that distracted them just long enough for us to make our escape. We did cross paths with them later inside the cave, when we were near the end and they were just beginning.
After the cave tour is when we decided to check out Hershey's Chocolate World before heading home. Upon entering Chocolate World you are at the entrance to The Largest Candy Store on Earth, their gift shop! They have everything Hershey on sale here, and if you thought the candy sizes at the movie theater were large, I saw a Hershey Bar that was bigger than my 10 year old laptop computer and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup that was larger than a Frisbee.
We saw people pushing around full sized grocery carts filled with chocolate treats, t-shirts, coffee mugs and dog sweaters. Everywhere you looked was that famous Hershey's logo staring back at you. We weren't immune to it's charm, we purchased a t-shirt, a couple bags of Cadbury Eggs and four souvenir tins filled with Hershey's Chocolate and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Some of these are supposedly slated to be given away as gifts, yeah right!
We also did the FREE Chocolate Factory Tour ride, similar to a Disney Kids ride. The waiting queue for the ride goes past an adult themed explanation of how chocolate is made and then when the ride starts it is more child oriented. It's still worth the time to do, even as adults, because at the end of the ride you are given a FREE sample of a mini Hershey's Chocolate Bar.
We did elect to do the 75 minute Trolley Works Tour around the town that Milton Hershey practically built. It was $16 a piece but well worth it to learn the history and philanthropy of Milton Hershey. Did you know that there is a K-12 school system for underprivileged children in this town that is completely funded by the Hershey Trust. It's not just for children from this area either, there have been students enrolled here from every one of our 50 states over the years. It's not just their education that is free! Housing and food, clothing and supervision is all included, year round, not just during the school year. Upon high school graduation each student is eligible for a $95,000 scholarship provided their grades have met the school's expectations. Currently the Hershey Trust has billions in the bank thanks to anyone who has purchased his candy. Next time you pickup a Hershey product, check the fine print on the back, it guarantees a portion of the proceeds will go into the Trust.
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With the 1/2 mile at Indian Echo Caverns
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