We left early this morning and stopped about an hour later at a huge dairy farm. In fact, the family owns over 9000 cattle, 3600 of which were at the site we were at. The smell was horrendous, naturally, but we got used to it as we toured the facilities and learned more about cattle than we thought there was to know. After that it was time to compete. We drove about a half mile to a spot with maybe a dozen pens of cattle. We were then assigned to pens and told we had to count the number of cattle inside, which was nearly impossible because the cattle were easily spooked and were constantly moving around. We finished third at our pen, good for three "cows", which were used for keeping score. The team with the most cows would be the winner. We then drove back toward the place we started, where we approached a large pile of cotton seed. I would say it was something like 20 feet long, 8 feet wide, and maybe 3 or 4 feet high. There were 52 cows hidden in there, and it was up to us to find them. These cows are maybe, emphasize maybe, an inch tall. We found three of them, for a total of six cows, which was probably near the middle of the pack...honestly I am not all that sure.
From there we continued our drive to San Diego. We got in around 5 pacific time, ate dinner, and met with our host families at Calvin Christian High School. Tomorrow begins our racing in San Diego, which will be on foot. Sore muscles and fatigue may come in to play, but we'll be alright. Wish us luck!
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