{"id":868,"date":"2018-07-27T16:16:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T16:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/?p=868"},"modified":"2018-07-27T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T16:16:41","slug":"follow-the-chocolate-brick-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suburbandiva.com\/2018\/07\/27\/follow-the-chocolate-brick-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Chocolate Brick Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wise man once said, “Give me chocolate or give me death.” <\/p>\n

Hershey, Pennsylvania opted to give us both.<\/p>\n

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Ok, maybe no wise man ever said that, but I do know two very wise women who recognize when they’ve met the natural end to an amazing adventure. After almost three weeks of perfect weather, flawless logistics even in the most complicated of circumstances, no traffic, no ER visits and everyone still talking to each other; Hershey wasn’t as cooperative. After moving our accommodations 4 times, we enjoyed their amusement park, left our lunches on as many rides as possible and pulled up stakes to begin the long drive home.<\/p>\n

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This won’t end well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a sweet ending to an even sweeter trip.<\/p>\n

We’ve had a few days to unpack, clean out Viktor and start the endless laundry process, but I haven’t started unpacking the memories yet. It’s one of those tasks that I need to savor, and I’m afraid if I start going through the slideshow in my mind, that means it’s over–and I’m definitely not ready for that, yet. We saw so many sights, did awesome things all together with some of my favorite people on this planet, and that’s not as easy to find the natural end.<\/p>\n

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Hershey!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Stay tuned as we wrap up with the numbers and a few more fun things to share!)<\/em><\/p>\n

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