Yesterday we went with our friends to the Chiba Mother Farm in the Mountains north of Tokyo. It was a trip with the recreation department on base so we took a bus with a group of people from base. It was a great time. First, we got to milk a cow and see lots of cows and calves. Then, we went to a pig race. There was a course set up and they were talking in Japanese and people started raising their hands, so Alec raised his and got picked as a volunteer even though we had no idea what he was volunteering for. He ended up being assigned to pig #3 and when the gates were open, the kids/volunteers had to encourage their pigs to race through the track to the finish line. He smacked his pig on the butt and yelled to him even though he had a very stubborn pig, it was a blast and one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Alec also rode a horse, we saw a sheep being sheared, watch a sheep herding show, walked through gardens and tasted fresh milk. It was a great day.
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