"Oh I fell into a big vat of chocolate."
"Oh I fell into a big vat of chocolate", then Dick, the straight man, would sing,
"What did you say when you fell into the chocolate?"
"What did you say when you fell into the chocolate?"
Tommy would reply,
"I yelled Fire! when I fell into the chocolate."
"I yelled Fire! when I fell into the chocolate."
Dick:
"Why did you yell fire when you fell into the chocolate?"
"Why did you yell fire when you fell into the chocolate?"
Tommy: not singing would shout, "Cause nobody would come if I yelled, CHOCOLATE!!!!!"
Since we're camped in York, PA we had to make a trip to Hershey, PA to tour the chocolate factory. So, here we are surrounded by chocolate; Hershey bars, Whoppers, Rollos, Peppermint Patty's, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Twizzlers and all combinations of chocolate, peanuts, caramel.
Where else can you find streets named Chocolate Ave. and Sweet St.?
We even did the chocolate tasting where we got to sample 4 different kinds of chocolate, from very dark to the world famous Hershey's milk chocolate.
And of course, we didn't get out of the gift shop without bringing home some edible "souvenirs".
While we were driving to Hershey Park, we noticed the marquis at the events center said the circus was in town, so we didn't have anything else to do that night and since we're not very spontaneous (selling the house and moving into an RV when we've never even slept in one is not considered spontaneous, that's more in the category of insane.) we went and had a great time.
Then, on to D.C. for our trip to Nationals Park and the game between the Nationals and Cardinals. We parked at a Park & Ride lot outside the city and took the Metro to the city for a little sightseeing. (We're getting so good at this mass transit stuff.)
This is at the WWII Memorial with Washington Monument in the background.
I'm sure you recognize this as the place from which Forest Gump made his ill-fated speech and found "Jen-nay".
"And that's all I have to say about that."
We went to the Lincoln Memorial, "Uh-gan."
And we couldn't leave out Jefferson.
Then, it was on to the game (we were ready to sit down after about 5 miles of walking).
Nationals Park opened in 2008 and it's a really nice park, but the surprise was that the Cardinals fans almost outnumbered the Nationals fans. The cheers for the Cards were almost as loud as those for the home team. One thing I have to say about the Nationals Park is that it didn't seem to have anything unique about it to set it apart from other stadiums and without the history of great players to memorialize, it wasn't particularly memorable.
Then, we went to Camden Yards for the Orioles and Red Sox on Memorial Day and had an absolutely great time. Camden Yards had everything lacking in D.C.
Championships and great players to celebrate, the warehouse behind right field with offices and restaurants,
Cal Ripkin
and I thought Eutaw street was really cool. That's the area out past the right field bleachers, but in front of the warehouse. They have plaques to commemorate where home run balls landed. It tells who hit it and when and how far it traveled.
Here's one Josh hit back in 2012, 425 feet!
And here's one Ken Griffey, Jr. hit off the wall of the warehouse during the home run derby, 465 feet!!!
We sat in the middle of group of Red Sox fans and they had a great time watching their team win.
Now, it's on to Ohio and a Rangers game in Cleveland, then a game in Pittsburgh.
OK, totally random......I have one more thing to say about New Jersey. It is against the law to pump your own gas in New Jersey. We stopped to fill up the truck and here came a guy to do it for us. And the fuel was just as cheap as anywhere else. So, there you go. New Jersey had some things we haven't found anywhere else.
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