Onto The Jelly Belly Factory!

After San Francisco, we stopped in Fairfield, about 45 minutes east of S.F. We stayed in a Holiday Inn Express and the next morning we drove bright and early to the Jelly Belly Factory. We did the tour, but since you can't take photos in the actual factory, I took a before the tour photo and an after the tour photo. The kids and Carl and I found it very interesting. It is truly amazing to see a room with over 5 million Jelly Bellies in it!

The place smelled yummy too! They gave out a few samples and we ended up getting a case of Belly Flops (these are Jelly Bellies that are not "perfect", they are either too big, too small or misshapen) They still taste great and they are more than half the price of the normal Jelly Bellies! Just to give you an idea, a small bag of Jelly Bellies cost approx. $5.99 and that is for about 1/2 a pound. Buying a case of Belly Flops (which is 12 2lb bags) is $36.00. Which as some of you "math-in-your-head" types will know is only $3.00 for a 2 lb bag! It really was a great buy and they turned out to be great gifts! The first to benefit was Lee's brother Craig and his wife Nancy! They were kind enough to let us ride a horse at their farm, and they served us dinner as well!

But I am getting ahead of myself, that story is next!