The farm

After our whirlwind day in San Francisco, we planned a more relaxed one around Davis for Saturday. In the morning, we slept in and slowly got ready for the day. We walked several blocks over to the Farmers Market and enjoyed the liveliness of it, while selecting some fruits for our drive back and some vegetables for our dinner that night. Next, we found a nice coffee place and sat on the sidewalk with our snacks, enjoying the warm air. It was a very hot day - in fact, it was unbearably hot if you sat in the sun.

After our stroll through town, we returned home only to load up into the car and go for a drive. We drove out to the farm to see some animals. There, we saw my favourite donkey named "Action Jackson". Action Jackson is a prize stud donkey. His main job is to, you know, be a stud. Look at him woo the ladies:He was pretty excited too, since there was a special lady friend at the farm.In fact, he was so excited that he put on a braying performance for us.

It's a lot of work to generate that sort of noise!

We also visited the horses at the farm. There were a few foals still around with the mamas.These guys were kicking around too.There was also this big draft horse there. He was huge!After visiting these animals, we headed over to another part of the farm where the beef cattle and water buffalo were kept. We also stopped into their large barn there, to search for an owl family that had been living there earlier in the summer. Unfortunately, the owls were gone, but it was a neat barn and had some cool, old equipment inside it.This was the best shot I took of the inside of the barn. Garrett has some better ones, but I don't have copies.Outside the barn, we saw this little baby wandering around. He was a bit afraid of us, but I think he looked just darling with his fancy earrings.We saw some other cows too, lining up for their pictures to be taken.The most interesting (or maybe, intimidating?) part about the farm were the water buffalo. These are animals that are not domesticatable, and you can tell that they do not like people when they look at you.Ray was brave enough to try to pet them, but I didn't want to get too close. They have huge horns, angry eyes and require stronger fencing to protect people from them.Who you lookin' at?Look at those horns - yikes!The animals slowly wandered over towards us. At first, I thought that they were just interested in us, but then Amanda pointed out that they had formed a defensive wall against us.I don't think they liked us. For me, the feeling was mutual.

The last thing of note at the farm were the olive trees! Here's one:
There were a number of these suckers around. Must be fun when the olives are ripe.

After a quick stop at the grocery store, we spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing in the shade with some icy drinks, reading our books or chatting. We had a great dinner and then continued our relaxing day by vegetating on the couch for the evening. We didn't stay up too late, since Garrett and I intended to start our drive back early the next morning.