Road Trip to York PA. Happy Father’s Day!
06-20-2021
Our road trip to York PA happened to be over Father’s Day. My son had planned to go to the Father’s Day brunch at Troegs Brewery in Hershey PA with his family. They invited us to come too. We thought that sounded like a good idea, so we decided that we would go too. My daughter Nicole and her family came along as well. My mom came along with us, but my dad decided to stay home. The brunch was great, plus you got to have a good beer with brunch. The best part though was being with the family!
You can’t go to Hershey PA and not do the Hershey’s chocolate tour at Hershey’s Chocolate World! Hershey’s Chocolate World is a huge store with every type of Hershey’s chocolate known to man, in every package size you can imagine. The chocolate tour is an amusement style ride through a simulated factory. Along the way you learn all about the making of Hershey’s chocolate, from cocoa bean to Hershey’s Kiss. Hershey started this simulated chocolate tour many years ago in place of an actual factory tour.
Ryan and Shana have moved to a different house since the last time that we visited York. After Hershey, we stopped by to see the new house. My brother Brian and his wife Theresa picked up some lunch to have with dad. After visiting with the kids at Ryan’s we went back to my parent’s house to spend some time with my brother and his wife. It was amazing spending time with my kids and my father on Father’s Day! I have not been able to do that for many years. It was one of the best Father’s Day ever!
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Road Trip to York PA. Hanging out at Mom and Dad’s
06-19-2021
After mom and dad’s anniversary dinner at Primanti Brothers we all went back to their house. My son Ryan and his wife Shana own White Rose Hobbies in West York. Ryan had to work at the hobby shop and was not able to join us for dinner. We were waiting for him to join us at mom and dad’s house.
My son-in-law, Ronnie and his boys, Colin and Conner brought their remote control cars. They were playing with them out in front of the house. They were having fun, until a bad collision happened. One of the cars suffered a broken suspension part. Luckily, Ryan had not arrived yet, this meant that White Rose Hobbies was still open! So Ronnie was off to the hobby shop for parts.
While we were waiting for Ryan and now Ronnie, the grand kids, Brooke, Colton, Colin and Conner broke out their devices. When Ronnie returned with the part. He not only had a new suspension part to replace the broken one. He also had all new upgraded suspensions for both cars! I think the guy at the hobby shop saw him coming! Ronnie started working on the cars, when Ryan arrived he helped install the new parts.
We’ve really missed seeing everyone. It was great to hang out with them and spend some time together!
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Road Trip to York. Happy 62nd Anniversary Mom and Dad!
06-19-2021
While we were in York this past June, my mother and father, Roy and Linda Thoman, celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary! It was really great to be with them for their anniversary with the family that they started. We all went to Primanti Brothers restaurant in York. Primanti Brothers is from Pittsburgh. Their specialty is a huge sandwich your choice of meat with coleslaw and french fries on the sandwich between two thick slices of bread.
It was really great to be with the family again! We love you all! Happy anniversary mom and dad, we love you!
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Road Trip To York PA, A Visit To The Farmers’ Market
Our second day on the road from Lumberton NC to York PA went well, we didn’t run into too much traffic, a little but it wasn’t too bad. We did plan a small side trip but that didn’t work out so well. We wanted to stop at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. It took longer to get there than we thought it would. We didn’t arrive at Mount Vernon until after 4pm. Mount Vernon unfortunately closes at 5pm. There was not enough time to have a proper visit. So we took a spin around the gift shop and had a small break and got back on the road. We did a drive through Washington DC to take a quick look around and then headed to York. We arrived at my parents house around sunset. We stayed with them while we were in York. It was awesome to see them after being away for so long!
The next morning we wanted to take a drive around York to see the old and the new. Just to see what had changed and what had not. York has two farmers’ markets downtown. I would have like to have seen both of them but we only got to visit the Penn Market on where else, Market street. I always enjoy visiting farmers’ markets where ever we go. I enjoy the sights, the sounds, the smells, and the hustle and bustle. I think my fascination with farmers’ markets was born here at this market. My grandma Peggy lived just around the corner. Grandma Peggy lived alone and did not drive, but both markets were just a short walk from her apartment. There were no grocery stores close by so between the markets and the 5 and dime store, this is where grandma did her shopping. When my brother and I were young boys, grandma would take us to the market. She would grab her wheeled market basket and off we would go to the market. Two things I remember getting at the market were caramel cake and sugar cookies. This could also be where my sweet tooth was born. The caramel cake was very unique. It was a regular two layer cake with a very yummy caramel flavored butter cream frosting. The frosting was a weird brown color. To someone who was not familiar, it probably didn’t look too appetizing. But it was amazingly good! The sugar cookies were not really cookies. Although they were large for cookies, they were really a small cake that sort of looked like a big cookie. They were a round, sweet yellow cake with a sprinkle of coarse sugar on top. Very yummy dunked in milk, tea, or coffee. I think they are a Pennsylvania Dutch thing. My mom and dad now live close to a farm store that used to have a booth at the market. They still have the sugar cookies! I always enjoyed our trips to the market. Just going downtown when I was a kid was always a good time. I will always remember the wonderful smell of peanuts being roasted at the news stand. I don’t get this sloppy, wet Florida/southern boiled peanut thing. I was happy to see that the market was still open, but it was disappointing that it was only half full. I remember it being jam packed full of vendors and people. Market day was always a busy day for the farmers as well as the customers. We picked up some York county strawberries. York county strawberries are the best!
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Road Trip To York PA. A Side Trip to Tybee Island Lighthouse
My family lives in York PA. Robbie and I hadn’t seen them for a long time. We were planning a trip north for a visit in the spring of 2020. Due to the Covid 19 outbreak, we needed to postpone our trip to York. Fast forward to spring of 2021. Vaccines are available and things are starting to get back to normal. My wife Robbie and I both got the vaccine. My mom and dad also both got the vaccine. So our trip to York was back on! We were looking forward to seeing my mom, dad, kids and grand-kids.
We usually get a flight into Baltimore, but for this trip it just worked out better to drive our car from Titusville FL to York PA. So this past June we loaded up the car and headed north. We reserved a room in Lumberton NC, about halfway to York, for the first night. Sitting in the car for hours and hours is not fun. To give our butts a break, we planned a side trip to see the Tybee Island Lighthouse. Tybee Island is just east of Savannah GA and about halfway to Lumberton. Robbie and I enjoy visiting lighthouses, and we hadn’t been to this one. It’s always nice to visit a new lighthouse. Tybee Island is a nice little Georgia beach town. The lighthouse didn’t seem that big, there are 178 steps. We have not climbed very many steps or anything else lately. By the time we huffed and puffed our way to the top, we felt every step! The view at the top was worth it! We enjoyed visiting the Tybee Island Lighthouse and it was a nice distraction from our long road trip.
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