Last Sunday, I had the pleasure of going to Hersheypark with my family and their church's youth group. It's quite funny, because I wasn't supposed to go at all. Zach and I had other plans. But plans change, as they are liable to do and Saturday evening, I found myself with plans for nothing, alone on Sunday afternoon. Zach didn't want me to resent him for making me be home alone when I could have gone to Hersheypark, so he snuck behind my back and got ahold of my parents to ask if it was to late to buy a ticket. We managed to get me a ticket and a way to get to the caravan up.
When we got there, we split into groups. John and I were the ones that didn't fit in any groups, so I grabbed his arm and said, "You'll be my escort today." He straightened himself up, crooked his arm and looked down his nose at me. "Yes," he said, "I shall be."
I spent the whole day with my younger sibling. Among the myriad of rides we took were six of the eleven roller coasters. From the Sooperdooperlooper, the East Coast's first ever inverted roller coaster, to the hydraulically launched instant 72 mph Storm Runner- we rode the last car of each. We discovered that the front of a coaster is awesome- but if you really want scared out of your wits (and your fillings rattled out of your teeth), ride the back!
We probably should have had someone with more sense go with us because we ended up walking the length of the park several times, "Oh, Let's ride this one! Ooh! Let's do that one! Hey, This one is right where we were last time... Let's go do it anyway!" but we enjoyed our time together, just little brother and big sister, immensely. Plus, he bought my lunch.
Whether or not you like the chocolate, if you're on the East Coast US, I recommend the park. It does not have the glamor about it that Disneyworld does, but there is something much more welcoming and open about it. Milton Hershey started the park as a picnic area for his factory workers. Since then, it has been opened up, built up, and expanded out, but it still manages to maintain a familial feeling most parks leave in the dust long before hitting the "theme park" name. When you go, there will be very little trash, you will see more children and fewer groups of teenagers, there will not be sexual or racial slurs written in the wood or on the queue for even the wildest rides and the ride operators are smiling and happy. No matter what your age or background, it's a wonderful place to spend a day; and we all need that every once in a while.
God bless and see you soon,
Joelle
P.S. If you DO like their candy, they often try out their new stuff at the park first. There are some things, like fire (cinnamon) Twizzlers, you can only get at the park. It is a lot of fun to see their new stuff whenever you go.
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