Where the Bison Roam and Poster Procurement

Sunday, June 11

Today on the schedule was a tour of Cook's Bison Ranch. We again joined our friends, Dan and Ann to take this excursion, and followed the caravan out to the Ranch. It took about an hour, through many country roads through lots of Amish farmland. It was quite unique to get there. Tony drove, and we had a nice visit out and back with our friends.

The Tour started with some education about the ranch and the bison. After that, we boarded trailers with seats - or in our case, pallets, towed by tractors, out into the field where the Buffalo are grazing. They mentioned they had close to 100 head (including 40 calves) there on the ranch.

We got to spend 20 minutes or more watching the Bison. Many came up to the trailers, and we had pellets of food we could offer to them. They said their heads weigh over 100lbs so to be very careful when feeding them, they can hurt you by accident just with a turn of their head. I fed one and ended up with Bison slobber all over my hand. They tend to extend their tongue to grab the food, which is quite messy!

After visiting the herd, we headed back inside, where they had prepared a meal for us. We had roasted bison BBQ (and pork as well if you wanted 2 types of meat), plus coleslaw, beans, cornbread, and a brownie. They really loaded the plates! It was a good meal.

After eating they had a trivia contest, and then we could mill around the gift shop as well. I got a shirt, and then we headed back to the Rally.

It was a great time and unique experience!



After our return, we stopped over to the display coaches, brought in by the factory and Tiara RV, our Gold Sponsor. We went through a few, but Tony had to get back to the rig to do some work. Not long after we got back, I got a call from the club president regarding the posters. He was having a hard time getting them printed, and asked if I could run over to Staples and handle it. So, I jumped in the truck and headed over there. It took a while to get them done, but I did a little shopping for some misc parts we needed at Lowes, which was nearby.

After I returned with dinner as well, we ate, then did some bike-riding around and visiting.

Another fun and packed pre-rally day!