Winnemucca
Do as the muccans do.
We left San Francisco by way of Sacramento, stopping by the Jelly Belly factory for a tour. Normally, I don’t mind taking a tour of a place, especially when there is something “free” at the end. However, as one might imagine on a candy factory tour, there were a lot of schoolkids on this thing.
I knew I was in for it when I pulled into the parking lot and saw four school busses! “I can deal with this, ” I thought. But I started to crumble as we walked up the walkway passed a giant inflatable Jelly Bean, next to which there were several crying and screaming kids.
I am not sure if they had already been on the tour and were crying because it was time to go…or were just coming in and they were scared of the giant jelly bean.
None the less, I felt like joining them.
I quickly found that the best place on the tour was at the front of the line. Most of the kids stayed back a ways so the front was a good place to be. This also permitted me to be the first to listen to our tour guides robotic delivery. Jokes with punch lines worse than Jonestown. Even Disney’s robots have a little personality…as does litmus paper…but there was none to be found in our tour guide.
We bought our obligatory sacks of beans and hit the road again.
Eventually we made it to Winnemucca, NV. The campground was quite nice and the owners were very friendly. We got checked in, got a suggestion to a local restaurant, and set up camp. We decided to try our hosts sugestion for dinner.
It was quite an experience. The food was good as was the service. It was all served family style, which for those of you who don’t know, means it is brought out in mass quantities -
Serve yourself from serving bowls, plates, etc. It was great.
A good nights sleep and then back on the road again!
I would like to thank John and Liz the owners of the Winnemucca RV park for their hospitality (we hope you are enjoying your Jelly Beans!). Pixeldust thanks to you for the propane light!
Thought for the day:
Never take a kid on a polished sugar tour.
