Hersheypark Campground

We had to cancel our early June trip to Cape Charles, VA due to a family emergency. We also had several other things going on in June, so we weren't 100% sure we'd get a camping trip in June.

Last minute, we snagged a campsite at the Hersheypark Campground. We were so excited to get the rig out & get to a place that we would have an "easy" activity. No big research project, just show up and enjoy.

Upon arrival at the campground, we were checked in while we stayed in the rig. It was kind of nice! They also escorted us to our site, which was really good. The sites were tight, but doable. Since it wasn't supposed to be a "chill out and relax with no one around" type of trip, we were fine with the tighter sites. (Just something to be aware of if booking.)

David decided to ride on the couch - for a whole minute - before finding his place under my chair instead.

After getting set up, we walked David & then wandered the camp store. They have a pretty good camp store! Lots of Hershey's stuff, ice cream, camp stuff, food basics, etc. 

We ended up going out to dinner at Aroogas, after finding them on the Find Me GF app. The app has never done us wrong, and it didn't disappoint for this meal either.

Saturday, we waited until we knew the rain would clear, bought tickets online (Hersheypark is running a deal where all tickets were priced as the child price IF you bought them online), and caught the shuttle over to the park. Getting in with the tickets on the phone was seamless - great job Hersheypark!

It was still raining quite a bit when we got into the park and Jon insisted on buying ponchos.

Not too long after we got in (maybe 10-15 minutes), the rain stopped, so off with the ponchos! We rode a few rides & just generally wandered around. I didn't take many pictures in the park. It was actually kind of nice to just "be" and not take a million pics of everything!

Waiting in the longest line of the day in the park (maybe 20 minutes).

I was glowing in the blacklights!

Around noon-ish, we decided to hit up the Outpost for lunch. It's a completely gluten-free, nut-free dining location. Those who are dairy-free have fewer choices, even from here. Overall, the food was good, but not the best I've ever had. That being said, to have a location dedicated to allergy friendly food was AMAZING.

Jon had soft pretzel bites as part of his lunch. He said you could tell they're GF, but they were really good.

After we were done in the park (we were watching the radar and things started to look "not good" around 6pm, so we wanted to be back to the motorhome before then), we headed to Chocolate World. We walked around a little and then did the Chocolate Factory "tour" - that line was SO LONG. Ah well, it was a fun ride, once we were on it.

Jon wanted ice cream, so we waited in line for that, but the line wasn't really moving sooooo we ditched the line & got ice cream at the camp store. If only they had GF graham crackers, I would've loved to have had a S'More!

We had leftovers for dinner & just chilled out for the night.

On Sunday, we took our time packing up. David decided he didn't want to go and wouldn't let me pack up the dashboard cover. Silly pup.

Trip Plans for 2018

At the end of the 2017 camping season, we decided that we'd be giving up our seasonal and get back to exploring the area. A few things have changed for us recently and it was just the right time for us to start traveling again.

So, what are the plans? We haven't figured out all of our trips, but so far, we've got two planned. Yes, I know we should be planning further in advance. No, I don't really care. We're probably going to do one-two trips a month (depending on the month and when in that month we can travel) and we just don't have all of that figured out.

Shakedown (unplanned) trip: Candy Hill Campground

First planned trip: Gettysburg KOA

Second planned trip: James Island County Park Campground, Fort Wilderness, CreekFire Motor Coach Resort (with a stop between here & there going each direction - need to figure out where)

We really need to figure out the rest of the camping season. We've got a few other places we're considering, but nothing figured out yet. We're looking to go places that 1) we've heard good things about, 2) that get good ratings, 3) we've been meaning to go to, or 4) have never been.

Of course, all of this will be decided based on how much our deck & fence end up costing. Welcome back to home ownership!