A Day at the Ranch - Panaca

We spent last Saturday at a ranch called Panaca, about 45 minutes from Bogota. For Mateo it wasn't just a ranch but more like heaven - goats, sheep, cows, horses, pigs, dogs, rabbits, roosters, chickens, pigeons, an organic garden, flowers ... He really enjoys feeding the animals and above all, he ABSOLUTELY LOVES milking them!!! Last time, when we went to Slide Ranch in Marin, he milked a goat; this time he milked a cow and then drank the milk, accompanied by a dulce de guayaba! He got the hang of it pretty quickly and wanted to go back again and again.

He also has a weak spot for gardening - maybe his grandmothers's influence! We saw tomatoes, artichokes, zucchini, different types of salads, strawberries, pears, peaches, and tons of roses!

We were at Panaca for about 4 hours. Within 5 minutes of putting him in the car seat, he was fast asleep!!

Trying to feed the cow a piece of hay; the cow had seen Nico with a bottle of milk and didn't want anything to do with the hay!

Milking away!

Yummy!  (I know raw milk is supposed to be really healthy, but I couldn't help thinking about the bacteria it could have had.  Thank God he didn't get sick!!)

Talking (yes, literally) to the sheep.

Doing "mimi" to the sheep

Feeding the chickens (we couldn't go inside the fence to feed them)

In the organic garden