Alice's farewell to the farm

Today was our very last day working at the Farm Sanctuary. It was very hot, although not the worst day we've had. Amazingly, we actually managed to finish all of our projects. I started out the day putting rabbit "activity centers" together, which involved much pounding of nails.

Then I got to go feed the geriatric cows. They licked fruits and vegetables out of our hands, but managed to knock most of the food on the ground in the process. We left it there, so hopefully they were able to eat it off the ground. Their tongues are very rough, a lot like a big cat's tongue. We also rubbed them again, and were slobbered over again.

After pampering the cows we went to feed goats. Goats are some of the sweetest animals on earth in my opinion. There is a very very social goat named Buddy, who demands attention. I got to play with the goats for a long time, which made me very happy. One of my favorites was a little one named Alicia, who has a twin. I also liked a brown goat named Molly who has a tattered ear. She was the most outgoing female, and she greeted us at the gate when we came with food. After the food was gone the goats decided to taste other things. My camera chord and shorts were both nibbled upon.

We waited in the shade of the barn for a while after the feeding and said hello to the donkeys and sheep that were staying inside. The donkeys have very very soft ears.

We started putting up our jungle gym for the goats later in the morning, and they all seemed very interested, especially Buddy. We had to run a chord for a power drill across the yard, and it was my job to keep Buddy from eating it. He tried a few times, but mostly seemed interested in chewing on the jungle gym. It looked amazing when it was finished, and some of the goats started climbing on it right away. It helped that there was some hay on top of it.

For lunch the interns and some of the staff came and ate cookies left over from the bake sale last night and soy "ice cream" with us. I was surprised that the chocolate "ice cream" was really really really good. After showering we said our last farewells to the farm. I'm not going to miss the prickly plants or the heat, but I am going to miss all of the animals, especially the goats.