At the Farm!!!

We got to the farm yesterday afternoon about 2:00 in the afternoon, and it has been one adventure after another ever since the moment we arrived! More and more family members have been arriving by the hour, most we haven't seen in about 30 years. There are lots of 2nd cousins and grandkids here and they are all having a ball. Most people brought dogs too, there is quite a varied group of small, medium, and large dogs cruising around. Some of our excitement yesterday: We went on a hayride on a flatbed trailer loaded with hay bales pulled by Uncle David on a tractor. He rides on the tractor with a fly swatter in his hand and smashes every fly that lands on the tractor then leaves it there. The whole hood of the tractor is covered with dead smashed flies, quite attractive decor! So, he pulled us through all the pens with the buffalo in them and the buffalo chips, the smell was quite distinct! We chased the buffalo with the hayride tractor and trailer, caused them to stampede from one pen to another, and had a ringside seat for two males trying to prove who was boss! Then as the finale to the hayride he took us up a stream, till the tractor fell in a hole and the trailer we were riding on was underwater at a quite precarious angle. We had to climb off and walk through the stream until we were rescued by a cousin in a pickup who saw his dad head up the stream and knew what was going to happen! When Cami got off the trailer into the stream she looked at me and said, "Grandma, are we having a bad day?" I said no, we are having an adventure, but Uncle David is having a bad day!! She said oh, okay and we went on with our adventure.
There is a huge tree in the yard of the farmhouse with a rope hanging down from a branch that is probably 80 feet high. There is a loop in the rope with a stack of hay bales, the kids climb a step ladder to the top of the hay bales, put a foot in the loop of the rope, and swing and swing and swing. There are at least 8 of them at any given time swinging and jumping and crashing, it is quite the hit! They were out till after dark last night on the rope having so much fun, and first thing this morning they were right back at it.
There are also a couple mini burros who roam the yard and the kids can pet them, have tried sitting on them, but that is not real popular with the burros! There is a little old dog who lost an eye due to abuse and is so sweet, the kids all just sit and pet her.
There is an old buffalo named Tilly who Cami just loves to talk about and look at. Tilly was orphaned as a calf and was hand raised. Her horns were removed so she couldn't hurt those who raised her, and is now back with the herd, but they shun her because she isn't real adept at the wild life. She just roams the pen by herself, and Cami is just fascinated with her and her story.
Don't know what the schedule is today, but I am sure it will be equally as exciting as yesterday, although Cami does not think another hayride is a good idea!