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As some of you may remember, Animated Meat first came to life in 2008 as a way to document some sights that managed to slip through the cracks of most popular travel websites.  You may also remember that the original website was built on Apple's now defunct iWeb.  From there, it migrated over to WordPress where it met an untimely demise at the hands of Russian hackers.  Many of those old, pre-2012 entries have found a new home here in the Before the Now section.  I would consider these posts as my starting place as a writer, probably comparable to a musician's first demo tapes.  They are very rough, but I took them all seriously and wrote each one with passion.  While I would like to believe that I have matured in my abilities as a writer, it is my hope that I carry this same blind passion into all of my new efforts.

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Olympic Game Farm - Originally Published 2009

May 30, 2019

I suppose it just wouldn’t be a vacation for Mai and I if we didn’t stop and take a look at some animals.  If you ever find yourself in Sequim, I recommend stopping and taking a look at the Olympic Game Farm.

View from up top

The Olympic Game Farm is a refuge for formerly professional animals that have been retired.  For a few dollars, you get a bag of bread and the opportunity to drive around and feed the animals.

Llamas

Some of these critters were particularly aggressive.  They have learned that cars mean people and people mean slices of bread.

Deer

This old bear figured out how to wave.  We would wave at him.  He would wave at us.  We would throw him some bread.  He would wave at us again.  We would wave back at him and throw more bread.  This went on for about five minutes.

Waving bear

The Roosevelt elk and the buffalo were particularly imposing.  Before we drive though, we were warned that they had a tendency to bump into cars.

Buffalo

 

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