It was another full day of cousins and farms in Connecticut. We started by going to Laura's home, for breakfast, green eggs from her chickens, and pancakes. We returned later in the day when we heard that her pea chicks had hatched and we wanted to see them; we also fed her draft horses and alpaca while we were there. And then we headed to her cousins dairy farm for a complete tour of the robotic milking machines. The cows step into the machine, and the machine has a computerized record of the cow, cleans her, hooks up to her, milks her, and check the milk and flow for safety and health inspections. We learned a lot about cows, how they sleep, eat, and what makes them happy or unhappy, all towards the goal of more and better milk. At the same place we saw the factory where these same cousins make cow pots out of the manure for wide distribution, and the machinery they designed and created to do it. And the farm store with many oddities, and delicious baked goods, and many, many flowers....
And then to the "campsite" which I finally learned is closer to being a small town of seasonal campers than a piece of land with tents. Most are hook-ups and people will stay for the summer. Sometimes there are as many as 3,000 people staying there. And tonight there was a special memorial service for the man that started the campground on his farm, the reason that we are visiting. We learned of his impact in this community of people, and made a more complete picture of the whole huge family that lives in this part of the world.
And to finish it off, another large family gathering at the home of one of the cousins, the ones with lots of patio and dining room room space.
Tomorrow a hike and then back to the city....
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