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Saturday, April 07, 2007

Springtime in the Park

Or so the marketing department promised, when my family and I decided to veer int Hershey Pennsylvania on our way home from New York--to partake of a taste of the AMAZING Hershey Park. Tons of coasters and other rides, even a zoo to roam through. What better way to round out my son's Spring Break week? We even enticed my husband's cousin to join us. She and her husband and kids followed us down from their place in Queens.

Guaranteed fun to be had by all...

Except the marketing department forgot to clear things through Mother Nature...

You can probably guess (if you've seen any weather forcast this week, anywhere up and down the East coast)--it was more a Winter Wonderland in the Park for us. That's right, it SNOWED on our Spring Break finale--SNOWED!!!

I have to say, an amusement park experience is all together a different thing, when it looks like the staff dragged out snow machines to spice things up. Flurries blowing all around us while we waited in line (can you blieve it, the place was rocking, and there were lines for most of the rides...while it was SNOWING!!!). Wind whipping and chapping our lips and cheeks (instead of the sun burning us to crisps) while we screamed our way down the coasters. Hot chocolate instead of ice cream was the treat of choice (for everyone, except my son, who was determined to have his chocolate scoop with sprinkles ;o)

That's the thing about my husband and his family--one of the things I love the most. Even when the weather took a turn for the arctic (the temps were in the 70s just the week before, when I hit NY for a conference, then in the 20s with the windchill by the time we hit Hershey), there was no serious discussion about calling the trip off. I mean, when were we going to get another chance at hitting an amuzement park in a snow storm???

Left up to me, a nice outlet mall excursion sounded a whole lot more comfortable. But what's giving up a little comfort for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to do something crazy with really good people you only get to see a couple of times a year? So we bundled up (like we were off to ski), determined to make the best of it--and we had a blast, in an "I can't feel my feet and hands" sort of way. Then we headed back to the hotel and warmed everyone up in the heated pool, followed by a couple of bottles of wine from our favorite Pennsylvania winery once the kids were in bed.

Would I do it again any time soon? My wind-burned cheeks say no. But I can check one more "that would never happen" thing off my list.

Have a great "bunny" day, everyone. We'll be snuggled up in our beds tonight and loving the fact that we're back home in warmer climates.

I'll post randomly-drawn winners from recent commenters for the last of my March "froggies" tomorrow.

Newsletter with lots of fun updates in it going out on Monday!!!

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8 Comments:

  • At 3:02 PM, Blogger catslady said…

    Oh, I hope you got to take a tour of the chocolate factory. I went with my daughter's school a while ago. And you got a free candy bar at the end lol. I believe it was raining the day we went and there wasn't a lot of time for any rides. My other daughter just moved to Allentown so maybe we'll get another chance at it lol.

     
  • At 6:28 PM, Blogger robynl said…

    One never knows what the weather is going to be like at any given time, do you? Glad you still had fun.

     
  • At 6:19 AM, Blogger Maureen said…

    The weather here in the Northeast has been crazy. Easter was actually colder than Christmas.

     
  • At 10:06 AM, Blogger CrystalGB said…

    Kudos to you for braving the cold. It is cold here and I have been freezing. Can't wait for it to get warm again.

     
  • At 11:25 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Anna, We're so sorry about your Spring Break trip! Your story is
    reminiscent of the high school band
    trip during my son's senior year.
    Buses were filled with students and
    instruments. We then left Houston for Dallas and the concert competi-
    tion. During the drive, we passed
    through the most massive and spectacularly-lighted thunderstorm we had ever encountered. By the time we reached Dallas, the tempe-
    rature had fallen like a ton of bricks to 38 degrees. My own chil-
    dren, who hated that Mom bugged them about taking along a jacket,
    were happy to have cold weather
    wearables. We, the parent chape-
    rones, had to escort a busload of
    freezing students to stores to pur-
    chase jackets and sweatshirts. For
    years after, parents ensured their
    students carried sweaters by re-
    calling our particular trip.
    Pat Cochran

     
  • At 4:47 AM, Blogger Teoh said…

    Can't imagine snow, much less enjoying an amusement park in the middle of a snow storm since I'm living in Asia. Instead, our bunnies got rained on here in the tropics!

     
  • At 5:27 AM, Blogger Unknown said…

    sounds like a great trip-hope y'all had fun, despite the weather. we are havin really cold, nasty weather here in Mo., and waitin for summer, jackie

     
  • At 10:16 PM, Blogger Unknown said…

    Hi Anna!

    SO enjoyed meeting you tonight at the NovelTalk chat! Hope you'll have time to come again soon... anytime. We are always crazy. It's a fun time always PLUS the benefit of meeting the author!!!

    Have a great rest of spring.

    Healthy, Happy...

    rlitex

    May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more, and may nothing but happiness come through your door!

     

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