This morning all of us woke up really early for our experience at the Agrodome and a sheep show with 19 champion sheep. It isn't everyday you wake up and say hey I'm going to a sheep show today, but it actually was pretty exciting. We got there probably an hour early, so we could be on the front row. Dr. Jacobs would not have it any other way, he loves his sheep show. Before the show, I went into the nursery with the baby lambs. They seemed to just love me. Either that or they just happened to all start running over to me when the other girls tried to pick them up and they let me pet them and pick them up. It was a pretty fun experience. I then came back into the main dome and took some pictures with the champion sheep. Our show began with introductions to 19 champion breeds of sheep now found in New Zealand. It was pretty cool to hear the stories behind the sheep and all of their fun names. There was one sheep even called Charlie Brown. Sheep are one of the main staples in New Zealand. There are thousands more sheep than there are people and everyone knows there are millions of sheep in New Zealand. I didn't realize how different each of them were though and how each breed had different uses such as how valuable some of the wool is. It was pretty funny to watch the sheep on stage and see how they tried to eat each other's food. After hearing about each of the sheep, I had the opportunity to see a sheep get sheared. It was pretty cool. I am so glad that it does not actually hurt the sheep. I can't believe the sheep just sat there and let him shear all of its fur off and then touch it's hooves and make the the legs pop out straight kinda like our knees do when the doctor checks our reflexes. We then got to participate in an auction for the sheep, which ended up being pretty funny because any movement someone made increased the price for the sheep. Also some of the girls got to go up and milk a cow and others got to feed the baby lambs. So cute. I really enjoyed the sheep show much more than I was expecting. I should always trust Jim when he tells us something is good. Towards the end of the show the strong eyed dogs came on stage and I got to see how they heard and control the sheep. I also got to see them jump on top pf the sheep. Fun stuff. All 16 of us went up on stage at the end to see all of the sheep and dogs. It was a pretty cool show and I am glad we went.
After the sheep show we went back to have lunch before starting our zorbing adventure. Zorbing/OGO started in New Zealand in 1996 and is one of the best things ever. If you have ever wondered what a hamsters feels like everyday inside their little ball, then you might kinda understand zorbing, but how fun it is and the true experience of it is hard to explain. I got into this giant plastic ball filled with water on the bottom with Katie and then we raced Kara and Alison down a 250 meter hill in the ball. It was so much and one of the best experiences ever. I could not stop laughing. We went so fast and you had no control over how you went down or how you bounced around inside the ball. I loved every minute of it and can't wait for an OGO place to open in the states. It is so much to spin and tumble around in a big plastic ball down a hill, much more exciting than anything we have in the states thats for sure. I so hope it makes it to the states and I can do it again someday.
After having a BLAST zorbing, we came back to the Bronze's and I helped make hamburgers for dinner. They were pretty good and we had all the fixings including pineapple, bacon, and avocado for those who wanted it. I then played scum with some of the girls. I am liking all of these card games we keep playing. I had forgotten how much I love them. We watched Finding Neverland that night before bed. I really like that movie, even if it is sad. It has such a good story line. It was an amazing day in New Zealand and I so found one of my new favorite extreme sports today. I just love zorbing.
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