Chocolate Bars & Cheesesteaks

Yes! We did make it to breakfast early. Hillary found the adrenaline from the excitement that today was Hershey's Chocolate World day. For me, it was the chance to eat at Dodge City Steakhouse for breakfast. 

The restaurant was featured in Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible. Essentially the show is about a celebrity chef who goes into a poorly run (and rundown) restaurant, fixes the problems and gives the interior a face lift.

The link to the episode is below:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xRxOlwZeEGs

Next up: Hillary's place of excitement!

We got to Chocolate World as they opened

at 9am. We got to learn all about the history

of Milton Hershey, his company, and how 

chocolate is made. Obviously, someone was 

excited once we hit the gift shop!

Yes, it's basically a Sam's Club of chocolate.

Now I do have to say that I did enjoy one part 

of Chocolate World, the trolly ride! For once,

Trolly Tim got to enjoy a ride on one.

Here's Mrs. Trolly Tim:

The ride was just a cut above the Dubuque 

Trolly tour. The narrators were actors and did 

skits during the hour long ride. Just

preparing everyone at work that I will have 

some new ideas for next years Trolly Tour during registration. 

Haha!

We enjoyed our 3 hours in Hershey, PA and 

headed for Philly next. Of course we drove

through another rainstorm on our way. We 

took a tour of Old Town. It was awesome!

We got to see everything from the Liberty

Bell to Independence Hall to Ben Franklin's

grave. It was basically a walk through history 

and our tour guide was unbelievably knowledgable

while I asked about 10,000 questions. Yes,

I was "that guy" on the tour!

After the tour, we headed over to see Love Park

and run the Rocky Steps. By the way, we dropped

over $30 in parking for 4 hours...wow!

After touring, we were getting hungry and closed 

out our day with the best Philly Cheesesteaks. 

In South Philadelphia, there are 2 places you can go

for the very best: Geno's or Pat's. Ironically,

they are located just across the street from each

other. We bought one from each place

to decide for ourselves which is better.

And the winner is......Geno's! (the one one the

right)

After dinner we took off towards Massachusetts 

in which I  gave Hillary the pleasure of driving

"around" New York City. No road rage at all!

We crashed in New Haven,CT that night. 

Next up: Cape Cod!!!