The motorhome is parked in the yard of Mary’s old friend, Bernice, at Bark River, Michigan. We expect to depart here tomorrow.
In yesterday’s Blog entry I mentioned working on my umbilical cord electrical connection between the motorhome and Bronco.. Because of the confusion arising from mirror images in the wiring, I managed to blow three fuses on the motorhome and had to take it to Escanaba about 10 miles away to a shop to first find the fuses and then replace them. I think I’ve got it figured out and hope to complete the activity today so we can depart tomorrow as planned.
Also yesterday, Bernice’s son Mark took us to a friend of his who owns a dairy farm to see the morning milking activities. Having been born in a city and living most of my life that way, I know little about the dairy way of life and so, found it interesting. Here are some of the photos that I took…
As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…
Casey Johnson was born here and continues to work the dairy previously owned by his father…
This little guy was bashful…
Casey milks 100 cows twice a day which results in about 400 of milk per day…
I don’t think this cow has ever seen a camera before…
The general holding area…
The barnyard cat was very friendly…
The cows and the cat get along just fine…
Mary and the cat got along just fine…
The cows were curious of who we were…
The cows file into the milking area without any directions…
Where Casey attaches the milking machines by hand…
He milks 16 cows at a time taking 2-3 minutes. Each cow donates about 2 gallons per milking…
The milk is stored in this tank and picked up every other day by a milk processor…
Here’s the back barn…
Where the young calves are kept. A cow is not milked until it is about 2.5 years old…
The calves were shy…
A new way of storing hay to keep it out of the weather until needed…
I told Casey it appears that a dairyman must be a man of many skills. He agreed, but added…Mostly I’m a big bullshifter and mess maker! Thank for allowing us to visit, Casey!
Enjoying visiting old friends is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!
The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location in the State of Michigan. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…
Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein
On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!
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