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PA Chocolate/Candy Run - Update
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Out at Ocean City the other weekend, Big Jim's wife Patrice and I were discussing chocolate while waiting in line at Wockenfuss candies. That pretty much got the ball rolling with the idea of a group cruise to PA (chocolate capital of North America) in order to stuff ourselves with as much chocolate
as possible.
So, here goes. Date is set for September 17th with rain date of the 24th. Just cross our fingers that it doesn't rain both days! I've put together a list of places we can visit, with of course, the 2 obligatory locations that we talked about during the OC trip.
1) Wolfgang Candies in York
2) Wilbur Chocolate (obligatory ) in Lititz
3) The Sturgis Pretzel Factory also in Lititz
4) Hershey Chocolate World (the other obligation )
HCW is open till 8, while the other venues are only open till 5, so that kinda means Hershey can go last.
As far as scenic travelling, for us coming up from the DC area, it's unfortunately highway. From York to Lancaster (and then up to Lititz), I know of plenty of alternate non highway routes, but it's pretty suburban regardless. However, from Lititz to Hershey via 322 is a really nice scenic drive - forests and open farm land in abundance.
For the DC area, I've chosen the McDonalds at the Calverton/Beltsville exit (MD rt 212) on I-95. Exit 29B (ironically the same number for the OC cruise). We'll meet about 9:30AM, hopefully leaving there around 10AM.
If anybody from PA would like to meet up with us in York, please let us know in advance. If we hear you'll be joining us, we'll stop for a break at the CVS at George St and Rt 30 (Arsenal Rd). We should arrive between 11 and 11:30AM. It's at the first traffic light westbound on Rt30 from the I-83 interchange. If you're coming from the north on I-83 south, the Rt 30 exit already puts you onto George street 1/2 mile north of Rt 30 anyway. We'll hang out there briefly to wait for everybody to show up, then head on over to our first stop at Wolfgang candies.
From there, the schedule's flexible. We're only constrained by the 5pm closing time of the Wilbur factory and Sturgis pretzel factory should we end up doing both.
After our stop in Lititz, we'll be heading to Hershey. There are a few small cafes in the Hershey Chocolate World building that we could choose to have a dinner at, or stop at a local restaurant on the way.
And, to keep An_SSR's_Wife happy, I'm scouting out where the starbucks are! :lol (There's only 2 in all of York) Strangely enough, the beltsville/calverton area is also quite devoid of starbucks - on the map it's like a circle of starbucks all around that zone. Strange.
Be sure to bring a cooler to any perishables in! I'm sure we can stop and get ice from a local convenience store should someone forget.
Updated
Out at Ocean City the other weekend, Big Jim's wife Patrice and I were discussing chocolate while waiting in line at Wockenfuss candies. That pretty much got the ball rolling with the idea of a group cruise to PA (chocolate capital of North America) in order to stuff ourselves with as much chocolate
as possible.So, here goes. Date is set for September 17th with rain date of the 24th. Just cross our fingers that it doesn't rain both days! I've put together a list of places we can visit, with of course, the 2 obligatory locations that we talked about during the OC trip.
1) Wolfgang Candies in York
2) Wilbur Chocolate (obligatory
) in Lititz3) The Sturgis Pretzel Factory also in Lititz
4) Hershey Chocolate World (the other obligation
)HCW is open till 8, while the other venues are only open till 5, so that kinda means Hershey can go last.
As far as scenic travelling, for us coming up from the DC area, it's unfortunately highway. From York to Lancaster (and then up to Lititz), I know of plenty of alternate non highway routes, but it's pretty suburban regardless. However, from Lititz to Hershey via 322 is a really nice scenic drive - forests and open farm land in abundance.
For the DC area, I've chosen the McDonalds at the Calverton/Beltsville exit (MD rt 212) on I-95. Exit 29B (ironically the same number for the OC cruise). We'll meet about 9:30AM, hopefully leaving there around 10AM.
If anybody from PA would like to meet up with us in York, please let us know in advance. If we hear you'll be joining us, we'll stop for a break at the CVS at George St and Rt 30 (Arsenal Rd). We should arrive between 11 and 11:30AM. It's at the first traffic light westbound on Rt30 from the I-83 interchange. If you're coming from the north on I-83 south, the Rt 30 exit already puts you onto George street 1/2 mile north of Rt 30 anyway. We'll hang out there briefly to wait for everybody to show up, then head on over to our first stop at Wolfgang candies.
From there, the schedule's flexible. We're only constrained by the 5pm closing time of the Wilbur factory and Sturgis pretzel factory should we end up doing both.
After our stop in Lititz, we'll be heading to Hershey. There are a few small cafes in the Hershey Chocolate World building that we could choose to have a dinner at, or stop at a local restaurant on the way.
And, to keep An_SSR's_Wife happy, I'm scouting out where the starbucks are! :lol (There's only 2 in all of York) Strangely enough, the beltsville/calverton area is also quite devoid of starbucks - on the map it's like a circle of starbucks all around that zone. Strange.
Be sure to bring a cooler to any perishables in! I'm sure we can stop and get ice from a local convenience store should someone forget.
