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A couple weeks ago, I headed up to Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary in Maryland to play with the animals. If you’d like to see some of the animals’ stories (or give the farm a donation), pop on over to http://www.animalsanctuary.org/.
Amanda and Jena preparing for farm livin’ on the way there.
Getting in touch with my small town roots.
After testing out the John Deer’s, our trusty GPS headed us directly into the water.
Really, Ms. Direction Lady?
“Really,” was her reply. I had no idea that GPS’s are programmed to say “board ferry,” but apparently they are.
So board the ferry was exactly what we did.
When we arrived at Poplar Springs, we headed to the chicken and turkey area.
And we got to hold them! They really are just like cats…just without all the purring.
They were so sweet though, especially this guy who didn’t want to be put down.
Lindsay holding a chicken.
Ashley’s turn.
Amanda got to hold the rooster.
Jena with another rooster.
This was Opal, a survivor of the factory farm industry. She had such a sadness in her face. It’s no wonder considering she most likely survived multiple sexual assaults (turkeys are bred to be so big that they cannot reproduce naturally and are artificially inseminated) and the pain of having her toes and beak cut off with no anesthesia. But, hopefully she is happy now.
Opal with some other turkeys (I forgot their names).
Next up? The goats! AKA giant dogs. They were so friendly and demanded to be petted the entire time. They seriously wouldn’t leave us alone, and they were so sweet!
See? Goats will make you smile!
With Monty, my favorite goat.
Then we moved onto visiting the piggies, who were SO. CUTE! Seriously, they weren’t the only ones squealing.
Their eyes looked so much like human eyes.
The pigs LOVED Ashley!
Since the sanctuary was so close to Washington DC, we headed there and ate at Asylum. Not only did they have badass vegan chili cheese fries, but they played *multiple* Toto songs. Any place that plays “Africa” is forever cool in my book.
Some pictures of us (and of us taking more pictures):
After Asylum, the trip got more adventurous (including fender benders and a dog peeing on my leg – luckily, he was super cute and sweet so I forgave him), and we didn’t return home to Norfolk until 4:00 am. Lots of sleeping and fond memories the next day.
7:01 PM
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