Awake: 6:02am Temp 63 sleep 6+34 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
At our KK meeting this morning we had a special visitor: Judy, who went to the same high school but was a year younger than me. She spends winters in Naples, FL & usually spends the summer in PA. It was fun to catch up with her.
Afterward, K & I exercised for (30) min & then breakfast. Mid afternoon, Melissa pulled into our circular drive with the boys. We joined her in their van & rode about ½ mile to the Barr-Ridge Dairy Farm. Basically we were interested in seeing the newborn heifers & Rosemary was our tour guide. The boys were not shy about getting up close & personal with the calves & had them eating out of their hands within minutes.
There were about (25) young heifers & as we toured, we saw another who had been born moments earlier, was still unsteady on her feet & who was being cleaned off by the mom & her helpers.
We saw about (175) milking cows all total.
The boys looked @ the cows & the cows looked @ the boys.
There were plenty of things to keep the boys interested as Rosemary toured us around the farm; just follow the leader to be the king of the mountain of sawdust.
Congratulations to all (3) kings ...as they return to terra firma.
You don't want to pass up a swinging gate either.
Milking parlor before the cows come in.
Cleaning the cows teats before milking.
We stayed to see about (24) cows being milked & Beth let the boys push the button that starts the automatic milking.
Before leaving the Bar Ridge Dairy Farm, Melissa gave the boys a healthy snack & Rosemary poured lemonade into our glasses. Then we thanked Rosemary for such a casual & thorough tour of their modern Dairy farm.
Melissa dropped us off @ our motorhome & they returned to their Foote Castle. What an interesting afternoon it was for us & the Foote boys.
Dinner: Pea soup, bread, cherries, cantaloupe & a peach.
Lights out: 11:25pm.
At our KK meeting this morning we had a special visitor: Judy, who went to the same high school but was a year younger than me. She spends winters in Naples, FL & usually spends the summer in PA. It was fun to catch up with her.
Afterward, K & I exercised for (30) min & then breakfast. Mid afternoon, Melissa pulled into our circular drive with the boys. We joined her in their van & rode about ½ mile to the Barr-Ridge Dairy Farm. Basically we were interested in seeing the newborn heifers & Rosemary was our tour guide. The boys were not shy about getting up close & personal with the calves & had them eating out of their hands within minutes.
We saw about (175) milking cows all total.
The boys looked @ the cows & the cows looked @ the boys.
There were plenty of things to keep the boys interested as Rosemary toured us around the farm; just follow the leader to be the king of the mountain of sawdust.
Congratulations to all (3) kings ...as they return to terra firma.
You don't want to pass up a swinging gate either.
Milking parlor before the cows come in.
Cleaning the cows teats before milking.
We stayed to see about (24) cows being milked & Beth let the boys push the button that starts the automatic milking. Before leaving the Bar Ridge Dairy Farm, Melissa gave the boys a healthy snack & Rosemary poured lemonade into our glasses. Then we thanked Rosemary for such a casual & thorough tour of their modern Dairy farm.
Melissa dropped us off @ our motorhome & they returned to their Foote Castle. What an interesting afternoon it was for us & the Foote boys.
Dinner: Pea soup, bread, cherries, cantaloupe & a peach.
Lights out: 11:25pm.
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