Herr's Factory Tour

Today we went on a tour of the Herr's Factory in Nottingham, PA.  This was a highly talked up outing because supposedly, it culminated in getting to taste hot-off-the-line potato chips.  

After driving almost an hour and a half (the boys were such troopers!), we arrive in the middle of nowhere at a rather plain looking factory (I'm used to Jelly Belly!).  Naturally, we got there early, and I was super excited because I thought the tour was going to be small and therefore it wouldn't be an issue if the boys were getting out some of their bottled up energy.  

Everything was going great until a bus load of about 70 Amish/Mennonites pulled up.  I have nothing against anyone, but I do have something against 70 more people showing up in this little factory.  I was a little bummed...and the boys were too because the previously empty atrium that they were playing "hot lava" in was filled with people.

Oh well...it's not anyones fault.  The tour begins and it was pretty ok.  Half the time we couldn't tell what we were looking at and the tour guide was pretty ambiguous when pointing out how the pretzels and chips were made.  It would have been a waste of time...had those hot potato chips never emerged.  But when our tour guide went into the factory and pulled a tray hot out of the fryer, the trip was well worth it for the boys, so much so that C announced he would throw up if he saw another chip all day (not because they were bad, but because he was eating them by the handful--thank God for their fast metabolisms).

Becky's Last Words: If I lived closer, this would have been better, but being that it took an hour to go on a 30 minute tour, I would probably never do it again.

Rating: 3/10

P.S.  This is in no way a reflection of my opinion on Herr's snacks....I love them all, especially the popcorn.