Adventures in Pennsylvania: scrapple, caches and ice cream

Today was Miss V's first day visiting Penn State. After we breakfasted from the magic breakfast nook, I dropped her off on campus and began my daily quest for local adventure.

My duty was clear: this being my first time in Pennsylvania, I had a moral obligation to try the local delicacy known as scrapple. The Naked Egg Cafe, just off PA-26, was happy to oblige, with a plate of eggs, toast, home fries and scrapple with maple syrup served on the side. Paula, my awesome waitress, recommended trying maple syrup on the scrapple, and I am here to report that it took Mystery Pig Loaf to a whole new level. Scrappletastic! I was too busy wolfing down breakfast to take a pic, so you'll have to take my word for it that The Naked Egg serves some mighty good scrapple.

Seriously, if you've not tried scrapple and you don't have some dietary issue forbidding it, you should give it a shot. It's remarkably tasty. Crispy outside, creamy inside, very slightly smoky and sausagey with just a hint of pork liver. If you like sausage and/or fried mush, you will like this.

Thus fortified for the day's shenanigans, I did a bit of necessary shopping, then a bit of unnecessary shopping (ah, Five Below, how you tempt me with cheapie goodies! Why are you not in Washington yet?), then proceeded to look for a geocache. After a walk in the woods, during which time I got completely turned around (for future reference, maybe don't go caching alone in the woods on an overcast day in an unfamiliar area where you don't know your cardinal directions), I had success both in finding the cache and making it back to my rental car in one piece. Yay for another state souvenir! Yes, we've already established that I'm easily amused, thanks.

Back to the hotel to drop a few things off. Then I went to the one place where the camera actually came out: Berkey Creamery on the Penn State campus.

This little number is called Death by Chocolate. I can think of worse ways to go. Though it still doesn't hold a candle to German Chocolate Crunch from BYU Creamery. (Sorry, Penn State. You were a worthy adversary.)

Now I'm getting a few online-related things done and waiting for V to give me a call so I can pick her up from campus. As you do. If anyone asks, I DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING today. heh.