Sunday, June 26, 2011

Its getting hot in here

We started the day with an English breakfast and then departed from the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Livingston. Our first stop was Moffet where we shopped at the Woolen Mills. Jeff tried on a kilt and we have pictures. While riding on the bus, we took the scenic route through the hills of southern Scotland and saw the Devils Beef tub which was used to store stolen cattle during the Scottish/English wars. The tub dropped off about 500 feet or more so it was very hard for officials and farmers to retrieve their cattle. We then entered into England where we stopped at a dirty Burger King and got lunch. After that the bus got very very hot. The air conditioning quit working and of course today was one of the hottest days so far reaching the 90's. We ended up pulling off the road and then back on with no air conditioning still and decided to sing karaoke on the way to Ricky Jone's dairy farm.
Ricky Jones milks about 125 Holsteins with a herd average of 9,500 litres. His highest producing cow milked over 120 pounds. They used potatoes as a source of energy in their silage because they cannot grow corn due the the wet weather. He farmed about 300 acres consisting of wheat, barley, and potatoes.
We then went to Mr. Leedham's who hosted us for a BBQ. We had pulled pork and strawberries and creme. After that we got back on the bus and sang 80's music on the way back to the Hotel in Coventry.

- Jason

5 comments:

Andrea said...

Sweet! Pictures of Jeff in a kilt!

The Men from the Midwest! said...

Great blog! ;)

Loretta said...

Yea for Jeff, but I can't wait to see pics!Hope it cools off for you because it is a bite at night with no AC in the motels!Hope you're having a good time! Hugs....

Gail Yeiser said...

I remember Emily and Jenny Miller playing "dress up" in kilts - Amy and Laurel made quite the fashion statement as well. Let Jeff know that I'll save space in the college's magazine for the pix of him in a kilt!
Glad you all had a good outing in Scotland.
Great entries on your blog!
Ms. Gail

Shawna said...

Glad to see that you are making great memories. Our local UME office (Washington Co.) will be proud to display any pics of Jeff in a kilt! Keep the updates coming. We enjoy reading every word.