Yesterday was the company picnic. Each year they hold this at the Amusement park at Hershey. It's always a fun time for the employees of the newspaper and their families as well as a rare occasion that it is also affordable. I love to go each year. However, you can keep the roller coaster, which the park has quite a few and I'll stick to the more tame rides. I've always had problems with getting sick on those wild rides.
So each year, we go, get on a few rides and stop in for the catered lunch and door prizes. We never stay long enough to hear who wins the door prizes. This year we stopped at the chocolate attraction. I was curious because it is common knowledge around here that Hershey (the home of the Hershey's Chocolate) had revamped the attraction and I wanted to see it. Besides, it is free admission there, though the factory fresh chocolates are a bit expensive. Still, to get fresh chocolate from Hershey is well worth it.
From there we went to the nearby Hershey Botanical Gardens. It's been a year since we've been there and they too, have made a few changes. They revamped the gardens and added some whimsey, garden bugs made out of bamboo and placed in different places around the garden. the botanical gardens at Hershey are well known for their work with the rose, hence we get in for free being members of the American Rose Society.
It was a really fun day all around. We just got done looking around at the gardens when it started to rain. It held off just for us! I even got some chocolate for friends. It was a nice day as it usually is when the newspaper holds it's company party.
1 comment:
i might have had some issues with the huge bugs....maybe it's just me but a bug larger than say..a car isn't something i want to see.
one year at a GM picnic my sister won a huge barbque thingie. she got the receipt and returned it for her 300 dollars cash. sometimes it works out when you stay for the door prizes.
i'm not a rollercoaster person either.
austin
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