Here's J awaiting the starting bell for the All-Alaskan pig races. It was the cutest thing.... these little piglets wearing racing bibs come out, load into the starting gates, and at the sound of the bell take off around the track. I think there was food waiting for them at the end of the track and boy, did they ever move quickly to get to it! I don't know how I missed these cuties when I lived in Alaska. BTW - the whole time these races were going on I was thinking about how Heidi would have given these pigs a run for their money. She would have looked so hilarious running around the track with them, but would have fit in quite well, I think. ;)
There was a huge 500-pound mama pig and about 10 piglets in one of the animal barns. She was just laying there like she was dead (once again, I thought of Heidi) and all of these little piggies were crawling around and over her and nursing from her. One of the piglets was clearly the runt and I was SO tempted to reach my hand in there and scoop him/her up. He/she could for sure have been my Wilbur from Charlotte's Web. I love pigs!!
And here's our merry-go-round experience in pictures. J was a little unsure about it, but he didn't really cry - he just whined a little bit at times (as you can see from this picture)...
I was trying to get him to hold on, even though the germ-phobe in me was screaming, "NOOOOO! Don't touch that filthy pole!!"
About halfway through the ride, I had to hold him for a bit - he was a little scared, I think...
But then he got right back on the horse...
The thing moved pretty fast and I was actually getting a little queasy toward the end... maybe J was, too...
Obviously a little grumpy and glad to be off, but I still think he's ready for Gus, Dad!
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Don't worry, Heather....there's NO way Gus ever goes anywhere near that fast!! Becky's always complaining that he walks so slowly when she is putting him in the field or back!
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