Cape Cod Potato Chips

So rather than rushing into Boston today, we decided (with Stacey's recommendation) to just hang out here and use the day to plan tomorrow. The kids did their school work early and then about mid-day, we took a trip out the Cape Cod Potato Chip factory which is about a 45 minute drive out on Cape Cod.

Along the way, we ate at a Friendly's, which we don't have around home, and it was pretty good. It strangely felt like a Denny's with less emphasis on breakfast and with the addition of ice cream.  Weird comparison, I guess, but that's what comes to mind.

So, the potato chip factory was not at all what I was expecting. The tour was self-guided, which meant that you walk down a straight hallway about 100 feet long which just dumps you into the gift shop. Along the hallway, there are windows where you can look onto the factory floor, but you don't really know what you're looking at, despite the signs. For example, there is a machine that is shaking raw potatoes, and the next station appears to be frying the sliced potatoes. Where were they cut??? I wanted to see a bad ass slicing machine, but too bad for me. No photography was allowed in the factory, so we'll settle for the signs outside. In hindsight, I would have driven five minutes to see it, but not an hour and a half round trip. We did all get tiny sample bags though, so not a complete waste of time.

When we got home, the kids watched some Liberty Kids videos about the American Revolution, the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, and Paul Revere to get ready for tomorrow. I used the time to figure out which train and/or subway to take.