September 17, 2013 (Tuesday)
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| Jelly Belly Factory |
The last day spent in CA was a day that nothing was
pre-planned. We made a stop in Fairfield
to tour the Jelly Belly Factory. Tours are offered from 9am – 4pm and are free.
The walking tour lasts about 40-minutes and offers a sample after each station.
At the store, you can also sample 3 flavor choices of your choosing. I would have
to say my favorite sample was either lime or marshmallow. The jelly belly art was pretty cool,
unfortunately photos are not allowed during the tour.
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| Benicia -Old Capital Building |
Near the Jelly Belly Factory was an olive oil sampling room (SePay
Groves) and we checked that out. It was interesting, but I am sure the guy was
trying to sell the oil so some of what he was saying might not have been the
entire truth. The olive oil sampling people suggested that we visit Benicia,
and since we had time we did. Street parking was free so we walked around the
downtown area and had lunch at Nine O Seven. I had chicken quesadilla, which
was a bit greasy from the cheese. Mike had something called angel wings (pork)
-it was good – the waitress brought a sample to the table before taking our
order. Also while in Benicia, we visited
California’s third capital building (1853-1854). The capitol location was moved
because of complains of poor weather conditions and uncomfortable
accommodations. The building is open during the weekends had exhibits restored
and reconstructed period furnishings.
Lastly, our trip involved meeting up with our friends from
the San Jose area! We were able to coordinate dinner with them at a place
called Patxi’s Chicago Pizza which was in Palo Alto about half way between the
San Francisco Airport and San Jose. We of course had the Chicago style deep
dish pizza – one side was Salsiccia (garlic-fennel sausage, ricotta, basil,
mozzarella) and the other Tre Porcellini (salami, pepperoni, garlic-fennel
sausage, mozzarella). It was delicious as expected.
We made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare for
our red-eye flight back to Detroit. At one point during the flight, I looked
outside to see the awesomeness of being overtop of a huge lightning storm! The
rest of the journey home was uneventful.
Until next time – happy traveling!
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