Evie was still feeling poorly this morning so we let her sleep in. She felt a bit better later on so we set off to visit the Jelly Belly factory. This was a place that they had seen on the internet before they came on holiday so they were quite eager to go. The company was founded in 1869 by Gustav Goelitz in Illinois. It was handed down through the generations with new candies being made until in 1965 a flavour breakthrough was made when the mini jelly beans were infused with flavour in the centre. California Governor Ronald Reagan discovered them in 1966 and in 1973 wrote a letter to the company saying that they couldn’t start a meeting or make a decision without the jelly beans being handed round. In 1976 there were eight different flavours and by the 1980’s forty flavours. For Ronald Reagan’s inauguration celebrations in 1981, 3.5 tons of jelly beans were shipped to Washington D.C. In 1993 Jelly Belly Sours were introduced and in 1996 they started stamping Jelly Belly on each bean. In 2001 the company was renamed the Jelly Belly Candy Company and continues to make more than 100 fine confections. In 2007 BeanBoozled jelly beans were introduced with ten lookalike pairs such as Buttered Popcorn or Rotten Eggs, Juicy Pear or Booger amongst them. We went on the factory tour to see how they were made but as it is Sunday no one was working which was a shame. It was still fascinating to see where each process takes place and realise that it takes 7 to 14 days to make each jelly bean. After buying some Jelly Beans we returned to our Airbnb to start packing ready for our flight home and to see our final sunset in California.