A Road Trip, Some Flooding, & Standing On Top of the World

For Conference Weekend we contacted, my sister, Ann to see if we could join her family for the weekend. We had a great time together. It was fun to reconnect with Tyler and Ann and their children. With the time difference, we were able to spend time Saturday morning at a pumpkin patch before the broadcast of General Conference began. The kids panned for gems & fossils, milked a "cow," slingshot small gourds, took a hay ride, picked pumpkins, and strolled through a corn maze:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
About a week later, our area was hit with several hours of rain. Due to all the consistent moisture, we had flooding around the area and had to remain off the roads. Before any driving bans, I ran home and discovered that we now had waterfront property:
 

 

 

 
Good thing we had more than one way in and out so I was able to drive through this mess once. I'm sure it got worse than the above pictures before the storm ended. 

Eventually the rains subsided and we had the opportunity to climb to the top of the Founder's Hall Dome on campus.
 

Picture via Penn Live

 
We made sure to take our cameras for pictures of the area:
 

Hershey Park in the distance.

 

A bird's eye view of the senior high campus.

 

 

Inside Founder's Hall

 

A different view of Founder's Hall than we usually have.

 
Dan's been struggling with his back. As we tried to figure out the best medicine for him, he decided to give some suggestions by other Houseparents a try:

 

Driving along we followed a hot air balloon which landed in a field on campus. Apparently it's a frequent sight: