Superstition Farm

Meeting our neighbors.

Little did we know when we moved into our new home that we had about 20,000 dairy cows as neighbors. In my defense it is pretty hidden from the main road and no realtor in their right mind was going to disclose this willingly. Let's just say I was not too happy the first year considering I was pregnant and had a "super sniffer" as Bryan called it. I did a lot of complaining and praying that they would all just move or pass onto cow heaven. HA !!! I have now come to accept the fact that even if by the grace of God, a few of these lovely dairies are bought out by developers, there is no way they will all be gone in the time that we live here. So...I will be the one who has to move and that is not going to happen for a while. I am accepting them (because I have no choice) and was willing (after 2.5 years) to go on the tour of Superstition Farm. We had a nice time and learned a few things. The girls had a blast!! I on the other hand, found all things wrong with their dairy and the way they do things (with the help of the information I learned in the documentary Food Inc.). For now we will stick to the nice morning that we had as a family. This is Emma in front of the animals the family has taken in as rescue animals.

Two farmers on the tractor.

Pointing at the chickens running around.

Listening to the farmers teach us about dairy cows.

Petting the bunnies- this was by far the best part.

Since the girls did not want to feed the rescue animals and Bryan has a huge blister on his hand from digging up a palm tree, I took one for the team and held out the food for this big tongued sheep to enjoy. Thank goodness they had a Costco sized antibacterial container standing by.

Our oh so lovely smelling neighbors- about 2,000 of them live here.

Serious sister bear taking in the sights.

Going on a hay ride.

After the tour we enjoyed some milk from the milk bar. Emma had strawberry, Caitlyn had banana and Bryan had cherry vanilla. I on the other hand could only take so many steps towards accepting these 1,500 lbs beasts in one day. The milk bar was just a bit too much. Smell ya later cowies.