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| 2007 trip with Maxeys |
This week the girls are on spring break and we have enjoyed the (finally) nice weather. We have spent a lot of time outside playing, and yesterday we picked up Papa Bear at work and headed a local farm for some fun.
The last time we went was in 2007, on a very hot August day. The weather was very nice this time around, and things were a little different. Cagle's Dairy is now
Cagle's Family Farm because they recently stopped milk/dairy production, which meant no milk sample at the end of the tour. Instead, we got to help plant some cabbage and got a bean planting project to take home.
Let me show you what we did! First we went through the "cattle" tunnel under the road.
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| 2007 picture of cattle tunnel |
Next, we went over to the animal petting/feeding area. We saw a skittish calf get a bottle of milk, then fed some cabbage to some sheep. There was also a funny black pig, some turkeys, 3 ducks (Aflac!!), and some roosters and chickens.
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| there was a big nest of duck eggs |
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| milking demonstration |
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| feeling the milking machine that feels like a vacuum cleaner |
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| dumb camera wouldn't focus correctly |
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| hayride |
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| border collie herding sheep |
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| the dog also herded the cows and brought them next to us |
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| we fed the goats |
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| demonstrating why all 2 yr olds should wear overalls |
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| learning how to plant cabbages |
After the tour, we went to eat at Bub-a-Q - yum!! When we went to drop Papa Bear off at work, we went in for a minute to say hello to his co-workers. Goldilocks told everyone about our trip to the farm and how the dog 'grounded' up the cows. ha!
