Auburn University's E.V. Smith Research Center (which is located right off the Tallassee exit) held their first AG Discovery Adventure today. Michael, Jack, Daniel and I met up with Kami, Joey and Virginia Kate and had a great time. (Georgia Anne was having her own fun at Aunt Tori's house.) We didn't get there until around 11:00 and it closed at 1:00, so we did miss a few activities, but still had a wonderful time.
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| They had lots of pretty fall displays that were great for snapshots. |
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| Jack, Virginia Kate and Daniel |
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| They had tons of different tractors on display, which they had open for the kids to explore. |
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| Daniel and Jack LOVED seeing the baby chicks hatch from their eggs. |
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| They had day old chicks for the kids to hold. Jack got a little scared and dropped his right after Michael took this picture....luckily it was a soft landing for the poor chick! |
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| Daniel just wanted to look, not hold. |
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| Daniel was admiring Petunia, who later participated in a milking demonstration. |
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| They had two male bulls that were only 7 days old. They were so sweet and gentle and Jack really enjoyed petting them. |
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| Jack and Daniel with the goats |
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Daniel, Jack and Michael on the tractor pulled trailer.
They demonstrated how to make fresh squeezed apple juice.
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| Virginia Kate really enjoyed her cup of apple juice. |
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| We all enjoyed a little ice cream... |
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| ...even Virginia Kate! |
Later this afternoon, our sweet neighbor, Mr. Moon invited us over for homemade ice cream. We knew we were in for a treat getting homemade ice cream, but then we walked over we saw his "new" ice cream maker.
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| He got a 1913 "hit and miss" engine from a local farmer. He built an ice cream machine which is powered by this engine. If you could have heard it, you would understand why he called it a hit and miss engine. It had a very distinct sound. |
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| Here's a picture of the label on the side. It was manufactured by Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company for John Deere in 1913. |
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| Checking to see if it was ready... |
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| Thank goodness it was!! |
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| Jack was first in line to get his ice cream. This is the only picture of the finished product...we all were too busy eating to take any more pictures. |
