A Day On the Farm

Ok All. I know that I have another thread on here that is in need of chapter 14. This one just happened this weekend though so it only took a couple of hours to knock out. Hope y’all enjoy it. Please if ya get to the end take a couple of extra seconds and hit the yay or nay button. Anyways …


A Day On the Farm


So feeling a little inspired this morning. Here’s a recap of the weekends events. My wife and I went to a bed and breakfast in Kansas this weekend that is also an exotic animal farm. How does one find such a place and in Kansas of all places you may ask? About a year ago there was a petting zoo, the ones that just kind of travel all over and for a few bucks you can thrill yourself or the kids. We thought it was the typical fly by night type deal. This one had a few more exotic animals than just the normal goats and stuff – the zebra stood out and caused us to stop. We paid the couple of bucks to get in and a couple more for a handful of feed and off we went. My wife of course ended up chatting to the young man running the place who in turn told us about the B & B and the farm and everything else about the place. Once he mentioned giraffes – that sold her on it! Just so you know, my wife has a “thing” for giraffes. With all of the d?r changes to the house, there are still giraffe things in every room and not just one either! So for a year now it has been in her head to go to this place. I passed it off as just another whimsy of hers kind of like saving our change and going to Greece or someplace else.

But this weekend we actually did it. We both had Friday off. So I called the place Friday morning as you can’t book a room on the website. When finally speaking with the woman she told me that they had no problem accommodating us for either Friday or Saturday night or both if we wished. I told her Friday was fine after making my wife make a decision for a day she wanted to go on. I finished with the booking details and then we hurriedly rushed to throw a few things together. It was almost 10 AM our time. We were going to lose an hour getting there and it was about a 6 and a half hour drive to get there. The evening tour started at 7 PM and check in was at 5 or later. We both wanted to make it for the evening tour. We threw the top down on the convertible and off we went … to Kansas. I still can’t believe I voluntarily went there!

The drive was uneventful. I have been across that state so many times it isn’t funny. I wasn’t quite familiar with this particular little town but the GPS on the dash seemed to know the way. We didn’t talk a whole lot on the way as with the top down it was difficult – so the occasional shout at each other and a little more talking once we got off the interstate and we were going slower through several small towns. We ended up making good time – I got us there at just after 6:30pm local time. The entire trip there I couldn’t help but to think how I knew this was going to some mom and pop place that I would regret. I have checked into hundreds of hotels and this one just sounded like a place that gets 4 or 5 guests a year!

As you turn down the road to the farm – with a big sign out front letting you know you are at the right spot – you see a pasture filled with animals. Not the typical Kansas cows or goats but a pasture filled with ostriches – that was cool as shit! The short drive to the house and more animals abound; camels, zebras and other various exotic animals were easily visible just from the parking area. We went inside to the office and no one was there except for a sign on the counter telling you to pick up the phone and dial 27 and someone will be down to assist you. We did that and she was down shortly after that. There was a sign on the wall welcoming us and the other three families that were staying there that weekend; I was starting to feel a little more relieved about the accommodations.