April 25, 2009

100th Post--OlympicGame Farm

On Monday we took a 2hr drive north---we had the day as a family, which was nice:) We drove to the tip of Washington and visited the Olympic Game Farm. This was a great experience:) The scenery along the way was beautiful!


Once there, we paid our admission, got a loaf of bread, heard the rules, and then we drove off! Some people have a ton of acreage and have animals that interact with people in a peaceful way---that's how the brochure reads:)



This was also educational---the girls learned the difference between a girl and a boy peacock!






We were warned about the zebra--he bites-- and David almost learned that the hard way!



These yaks were in the middle of the road--if you stop your vehicle, they crowd around you and you are stuck there!



The Llamas would come up to the window and sniff and just knew you had bread! They would just wait there and stick their head in your window to find the bread! It was crazy:)



There were several Kodiak Brown Bears there. Several of them were stars--they're from hollywood movies! They do trciks and clap for bread! Who ever heard of a bear that loved bread?!



The girls loved throwing bread to all of the animals---especially the birds and peacocks!



David enjoyed the animals as well.





The elk and deer could smell the bread too. When they saw and heard a vehicle, they all just flocked over to you---waiting.



The elk enjoyed this ear scratchin' just a bit more than you would think---David just kept scratching!!!!



Then came the big, wooly, stinky, fly covered bison! They were huge and just stuck their heads in the windows. Their huge tongues slimed up the windows. It was cool but also disgusting!



Of course, David had some fun with them. He kept pulling the one by the horn--until it got mad!!


Then the batteries in the camera died:( There was a petting farm at the end of the trail and there were goats, sheep, Llamas, roosters, etc. And, the Llama liked to spit! She would pin her ears back and that was the warning. Also, have you ever seen a 2year chase a rooster?!
Anyway, we had a great time and I thought this was a great choice for my 100th post on the blog!
I can't believe it-100 posts. It has been great fun! There is much more to come:)
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