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Taken on 2/8/2004 |
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| Up close and personal we visited a Quaker farm in Monteverde and after milking our cows we tried our luck at cheese making.
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Costa Rica 20
Taken on 2/8/2004 |
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| We made a good cheese
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Costa Rica 21
Taken on 2/8/2004 |
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| Gail tries her hand at kneading the curds to make the cheese. |
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Taken on 2/8/2004 |
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| Joe Piziali presses the cheese into a wheel. This particular press has the letters OAT on the top, which stands for our tour company, Overseas Adventure Travel. We were served the cheese the next morning. |
Costa Rica 23
Taken on 2/8/2004 |
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| These two children belong to the family which operates the lecheria or dairy farm. |
Costa Rica 24
Taken on 2/8/2004 |
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| Gail finally got up the courage to try her hand at milking the cow. Bob chickened out. |
Costa Rica 25
Taken on 2/10/2004 |
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Costa Rica 26
Taken on 2/8/2004 |
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| Later we fed the milk to the calves, using enormous baby bottles. the calves sucked down the milk at a rapid pace.
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Costa Rica 27
Taken on 2/9/2004 |
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| At Monte Verde we hiked in the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve.
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Costa Rica 28
Taken on 2/9/2004 |
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| We spent the morning in SelvaturaPark on the Treetops Walkways |
