Day Seven

Today was all about bonding with the chimps.

After the morning cleaning, Greg and I drove the old truck to a barn on the ranch. We loaded up an old couch and brought it back to Chimps Inc. Then, we placed it in the playhouse for enrichment. Within a couple of hours, that couch had definitely enriched the chimps!

Later, Rachel and I were weeding in the garden closest to Herbie’s enclosure. We stopped to play with him for awhile. We blew bubbles and talked to him. He was tired though and left us. He climbed up on a platform and started leisurely reading a magazine, stopping, of course, to look at pictures of landscaping.

Last night, all the interns had a night on the town! Essentially, meaning we went into Tumolo and ate at a restaurant…but it was nice to see something new. We dined at Tumolo Feed Co. and were greeted with a good ol’ “Howdy.” Men in cowboy hats sat around wheel-tables and some were square dancing with their lovely ladies to a live country singer behind saloon doors. I really had no idea I was in Texas!

Tomorrow is our half day and then Tuesday, it’s free. What shall I do?