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Hershey Park in the Dark

Written on October 30, 2012 by Ms. Adams in family, travel

While we are currently being pummeled by Sandy, I thought I would shed some sunshine on this dreary day by talking about our fun day at Hershey Park.

This Saturday was my sister-in-law’s birthday and she wanted to spend the day with the family in Hershey Park. During the month of October, Hershey runs Hershey Park in the Dark, where the whole park is turned into a fall/Halloween festival.

We were all pretty excited to head up to Hershey because our family hadn’t been in over ten years and you know how much we love roller coasters.

The whole family met at my parents’ house for the 90 minute drive up to Hershey, PA. We got there right when the park opened at 2 so that we could avoid the crowds and pack in as many roller coasters as possible.

A lot of the other park goers showed up dressed for the fall occasion, including my nephew, who was sporting his zombie themed costume.

Not only were the patrons dressed up but so was the park. Hershey renames the rides for the Halloween scene.

And decorates the park.

We spent the afternoon running from roller coaster to roller coaster.

Some were more fun the others. This one was straight up painful. The sidewinder sends you barreling to the ground and then into several spirals only to stop the coaster and send the car in reverse back through the spirals. Needless to say, my head did not appreciate this one.

My nephew wasn’t too keen on most of the intense roller coasters. In fact, I think the most fun he had was on the pirate ship that oscillated back and forth. He put his hands up in the air and screamed in jubilation the whole time.

The boys were also pretty excited to get to play carnival games, which surprisingly were pretty easy to win.

A boy with his prizes–they don’t get any happier than this.

Once we finished with the rides and games, we headed over to Chocolate World, where you can get a fake tour of the chocolate factory (with complimentary chocolate samples) and check out Hershey’s huge candy store.

Mr. A and my sister-in-law were pretty excited about this massive bar of chocolate– it was only $20.

All in all, we had a great day with the whole family celebrating Shawnah’s birthday. The rides were fun and the crowds were manageable. I would definitely recommend it. You can even take the kids trick-or-treating around the park. All that for only $30.

I know I’m definitely looking forward to go back to visit again in the summer.

Have you ever been to Hershey?

P.S. I hope you guys are all staying safe and dry in this crazy weather!

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Introducing Shelly Walter

Written on October 24, 2012 by Ms. Adams in family, personal

If there’s one word I could use to describe my parents, it would be hilarious. While my Dad probably doesn’t look like your typical joker, his deadpan one-liners will get you every time (it’s part of his “mystic” if you will). So I wasn’t surprised when my parents decided to give their new dog a hilarious name.

This, my friends, is Shelly Walter.

That’s right, my parents named their dog Shelly Walter. (P.S. Isn’t she the prettiest German Shepherd?)

She’s probably one of the most unique dogs I’ve ever met—completely uninterested in people and even less interested in all things dogs. She was abused as a puppy and consequently is often very apprehensive of people, especially males.

Even though she seems scared of men, she spends most of her day sitting in this position staring at my Dad, who sits in a chair across from her (which is so adorable to watch because my quiet father is madly in love with her–who ever would have thought that he would love a dog so much?). She doesn’t get up on any other furniture or move to a different part of the couch. She just stays there all day until it’s time to go to her crate at night.

If any of you out there have watched “Big Bang Theory,” you may have picked on the fact that Shelly’s behavior is much like the quirky main character’s (Sheldon’s) affinity for a particular sofa cushion. Sheldon will not sit in any other spot in his living room except for his couch cushion (you can see this hilarious clip here). Since their dog has the same lovable quirkiness as Sheldon, my parents thought Shelly would be the perfect name for her.

The Walter part is equally as random. My Mom heard that a dog in my brother and sister-in-law’s neighborhood was named Walter and she’s loved the name ever since. Something about it makes her laugh every time. Apparently, naming dogs after old men is hilarious.

So that’s how Shelly Walter got her name. And I think it fits her perfectly. Just as quirky and hilarious as she is but that’s why we all love her. (And I kind of like that other character in this picture too )

Do you have any funny stories behind your pets’ names?

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