Dairy & Doors was the theme for today..... 
We woke and enjoyed a leisurely morning around the kitchen table. I am convinced that we could visit endlessly with Cec & Rudy if someone would bring us food and clean up after us!!
Kristin's goal was to pet a calf....and there were pens with bulls in them in the barn. We headed back and Kristin got to pet a cow....how exciting. I was licked by a cow...how much more exciting is that??!! EWWWW!! Actually, it was a baby, and wasn't much different than being licked by a dog!
The afternoon took us to Holleywood Ranch, where we picked up some incredible doors for Alice's rentals...and a beautiful mahogany door for ourselves, with two side lights. Thanks Brad, for such a great experience, and for enabling us to replace our front door in style!!
We woke and enjoyed a leisurely morning around the kitchen table. I am convinced that we could visit endlessly with Cec & Rudy if someone would bring us food and clean up after us!! After getting a few chores done....we headed out to the dairy where Robert works. 
He is building a silage pit--of incredible size! It has 40 ft tall walls, and trusses for the roof that stand at least 60 ft tall, and not sure how long, but it went forever!! One side is for Cow Poo...and the other for Cow Feed....it's the FIFO system...first in, first out..Corn in...Poop out! This is a pretty good size dairy...all organic!! It was fun to see where Robert worked, and am glad I didn't know earlier this summer how high he was off the ground!
He is building a silage pit--of incredible size! It has 40 ft tall walls, and trusses for the roof that stand at least 60 ft tall, and not sure how long, but it went forever!! One side is for Cow Poo...and the other for Cow Feed....it's the FIFO system...first in, first out..Corn in...Poop out! This is a pretty good size dairy...all organic!! It was fun to see where Robert worked, and am glad I didn't know earlier this summer how high he was off the ground! Kristin's goal was to pet a calf....and there were pens with bulls in them in the barn. We headed back and Kristin got to pet a cow....how exciting. I was licked by a cow...how much more exciting is that??!! EWWWW!! Actually, it was a baby, and wasn't much different than being licked by a dog!The afternoon took us to Holleywood Ranch, where we picked up some incredible doors for Alice's rentals...and a beautiful mahogany door for ourselves, with two side lights. Thanks Brad, for such a great experience, and for enabling us to replace our front door in style!!
Uncle Rudy went along, and boy was it worth it to him. Petrified wood to us before today, was nothing more than a forest or a national park....no touching, and not really understanding what it was all about. While we pulled doors with Brad....Rudy visited with Brad's father-in-law, who also lives on the property. He was out digging petrified wood, and was glad to explain it all to Rudy. It was a great experience for Rudy, and Brad spend more time later, showing us his collection of petrified wood, and gave Rudy a beautiful sample to take home to share with the grandkids. Rudy did nothing but talk about this place all night. What a special treat...and he thought he was just going along for a ride to get doors!! Sadly, we did not take cameras, since we too, thought it was just a door adventure.
If you're interested...you can check out this incredible place, and go get your own bucket full of petrified wood right out of the ground.....click here to check out Holleywood Ranch.
We tossed around pulling the trailers over to the coast tomorrow or Wednesday. This leaves Robert home with the animals....poor guy. Missing out on the fun--and/or enjoying some quiet time for a change!!
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