What do you get when you put two goats (one weighing 125 pounds), a ten year old, bags of hay, and feed in a car for three hours? A ... um ... really big mess! After our "mama" goat (named Violet) neglected to tell us that she could use a rest stop, we pulled into a gas station to purchase paper towels. As I was paying at the counter, I glanced out at the car (yeah, I was curious what the other gas station customers would think of our hauling two goats in a small SUV) and saw Violet "relieve" herself yet again (only this time it wasn't the liquid version and it ended up in Nicoletta's seat!) What can you do but laugh ... we only had 2 1/2 more hours of driving to go ...
Monday, April 12, 2010
Squeezing two goats (and family) into a Toyota 4-Runner
What do you get when you put two goats (one weighing 125 pounds), a ten year old, bags of hay, and feed in a car for three hours? A ... um ... really big mess! After our "mama" goat (named Violet) neglected to tell us that she could use a rest stop, we pulled into a gas station to purchase paper towels. As I was paying at the counter, I glanced out at the car (yeah, I was curious what the other gas station customers would think of our hauling two goats in a small SUV) and saw Violet "relieve" herself yet again (only this time it wasn't the liquid version and it ended up in Nicoletta's seat!) What can you do but laugh ... we only had 2 1/2 more hours of driving to go ...
