"We're big Thunderbolt fans," lead horse Winnie said today. "This place has chocolate, but what good does that do? It gives us the trots, and I don't mean the walking pace."
HERSHEY - A hitch of Clydesdale horses was disappointed today when they arrived at a Hershey amusement park instead of going to Kennywood.
"We crossed into Pennsylvania, and we thought, 'cool,'" said Winnie, the most senior horse in the hitch. "You have a lot of neat things here. Then we started seeing Kennywood signs. Then they started getting bigger and bigger, and we got really excited that we were getting a free day in the park. But then the signs started getting smaller again. We tried kicking the sides of the trailer to get our driver to stop and go back, but Joe just kept going."
After a few more hours, the horses arrived in Hershey. "We went through the motions of our parade, but I could tell no one was really excited to be there," Winnie continued. "There's no Cowboy Joe, there's no paper-eating lion. We like to split up on The Racer and see which cars win so we can razz each other later. We all wanted Potato Patch fries, and they don't have 'em. Kenny Kangaroo is one of our best friends, but what do you have here? A couple of candy bars walking around. Since when do candy bars walk?"
The Clydesdales will spend a few more days in central Pennsylvania before heading to Delaware. "I don't think we'll get to Kennywood this summer," she sighed. "It's a bummer."
