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| Cows were everywhere! |
I had talked to a fiend a while ago about visiting her
uncle’s organic farm in Colorado. There
was even talk about specific dates during which a festival takes place. But, I
got distracted by my wonderful adventures in Wyoming and sort of forgot about
those plans. That is, until she called
me and reminded me. I spent a day
driving though Wyoming, which is totally beautiful, and, at one point, driving
through a herd of cattle. Seriously, a
bunch of cowboys were herding their cattle to their next destination on the
road I was driving on. I slowly inched
my way through the cows walking right at me.
It was a little hilarious and mildly terrifying! After my day of driving I arrived at Uncle
Lew’s house and was greeted with a most delicious pot roast dinner with many
accompanying vegetables that were grown on the farm. I was also treated to the company of some of
the nicest and most generous people on earth!
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| Chicken bus! |
The next morning, I got up early-ish and had some time to
visit with Uncle Lew and his daughter Ann.
We had a lovely chat about various adventures and the farm. Ann mentioned that if I was interested in
staying for a while to work on the farm, that could be probably be
arranged. I perked up at the mention of the
possibility, but didn’t really think too much about it. After all, there was a festival to get to and
many farm sights to see. After listening
to a lady explain how to set up a chicken coop in your backyard (which was
quite a foreign concept to the girl whose last permanent address was in
Chicago), I proceeded to eat my way through the rows of booths! I ate several slices of the best cheese ever
as well as other assorted treats. Then,
it was time for tour of the farm on a chicken bus (the farm has several old
school busses that serve as a shelter for some of the chickens).
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| Chickens! |
After our tour it was time for a short afternoon break at
the house. Then Uncle Lew took us on a
tour of the packing shed. It was amazing
to get to see the vegetables getting packed up and organized before they got
shipped all over the country! It’s
astounding just how complicated getting food from a field to people is! Then, it was back to Harfestival because Joe
Purdy was playing! What a lovely
surprise! It was the perfect evening and
a wonderful show!
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| Sheep! |
When I got back to the house, I
learned that was going to be a big meal at Uncle Lew’s son, Andy’s, house. When we got there we were greeted by a table
piled full of platters and bowls full of an assortment of the most delicious food
ever! There sure is something to be said
for getting your food from field that you can see from your dinner table! The day got even more incredible when we had
the good fortune of sharing the dinner table with a polar explorer! It was amazing to get to hear all about
various astounding adventures from the actual adventurer!
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| More beautifully decorated chicken buses! |
The next day brought even more
wonderfulness! After a short chat with
Isaac (who is in charge of the interns) in a potato field, I procured myself
the opportunity to be a “WWOOFer” on the farm for an undetermined amount of
time (I will more fully explain this in the next post). Then, Ann put me on
garbage duty. I helped people find the
right garbage slot for their trash (the choices being compost, recycle, or
garbage) and corrected any mistakes that were made with my official grabber tool. I was amazed by how little trash was
generated by the event! While I made
several trips to the compost pile and a few trips to the recycling, I never
made a trip to empty the garbage! I took
a break from garbage duty when it was time for the most exciting event of
all! Temple Grandin was there to
speak! It was really interesting to get
to see and hear her in person. It was
even more interesting because she was speaking about the humane treatment of
animal and not Autism (well. . .she mentioned it a couple times, but it wasn’t
the focus). Then, it was time for one
last delicious home cooked dinner at Uncle Lew’s, which was a wonderful way to
end a fantastic weekend!
Here’s a link to the website for
the farm:
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