Philly to Gettysburg

Philly to Gettysburg, PA
Today was a day of travel for us starting out by leaving Byne State Park in NJ and traveling the lesser known roads and byways to get finally to Gettysburg. As you may know I leave no stone unturned to find out the obscure, the unusual and different.
First traveling SR 130 thru Marcus Hook and across the Delaware River ($14.00 toll fee). Then on SR 322 thru such notable towns as Thorndale, Brandywine (where the famous battle took place by that name) and up thru Compass.
Next it was onto SR 340 and we could not of course miss Intercourse (would have liked to stay longer, but alas Bev did not want to dawdle) and onto Bird-in-the-Hand. All the while we were driving thru some of the loveliest countryside within the Dutch Amish counties. Yesss sireeee this was horse and buggy time with neat farmhouses and churches all in a pristine row. This is truly Lancaster County PA.
Lastly it was time for our pilgrimage to that great mecca of the chocoholic yes folks HERSHEY PA. The home of the famous Hershey Chocolate factories and the town of Hershey PA where even the street lights are in the shape of Hershey kisses.
Now for Bev this was nirvana, the center of the universe.
We toured the visitor center and part of the park but the museum is being overhauled and will not open till Jan 09 so that was missed. They did give you a wonderful tour on a kind of ride of the way that chocolate is made and we did get to package some of our very own Hershey kisses.
From a historical point of view Milton Hershey (an Amish believer) who started the company did take his duty to his workers and fellow man personally. He built a model town for his employees with schools, hospitals and care for the aged. Even today the schools are funded and they have a huge sports arena, stadium and all sorts of other great things.
When he and his wife found that they could not have children of their own they started an orphanage to care for others. After their deaths and the bequeathing of $60 mil to help fund these activities and others Hershey Medical School funded some years later.
After that it was on to Gettysburg where we are tonight in a lovely campsite. In the woods and next to a small river and the place is almost deserted.
1 Dutch Amish country
2 Buggy time
3 bird-in-the-Hand
4 Bev and packaging chocolate
5 Chocolate Town (Hershey)