Day 4, April 20

Today we went on a field trip to Appleton Farms and Wolf Hollow (a wolf sanctuary for wolves raised in captivity) in Ipswitch. First we went to Appleton Farms, curiously enough there were no apples grown on the farm. It was a farm that had been owned by the Appleton family for about 500 years (I think), and it is still a working cow farm. The little calves were so cute! (I am going to upload pictures of them and the wolves later.) Most of the people in the AVM group let out a collective "AAAAAAAwwwwwwwww........". So anyway, back on topic. We had a tour of said farm and learned about its extensive history. We had lunch at the Appleton Farms.

After lunch we climbed back into the bus and rode to the Wolf Hollow wolf sanctuary. When we got there the wolves began howling at the bus. We got out when the sanctuary keeper came out to meet us. We then went to see the wolves and listen to the sanctuary lady talk about the wolves and how their species were hunted almost to extinction in something called the Predator Wars. Even President Rosevelt said it was okay to kill all the wolves. We also learned some of the status levels in a wolf pack; the Alpha (leader), Beta (2nd-in-command), and the Omega (outcast (sorta) ). I loved watching these wolves, and I want to go back soon. Attention teachers, this would make a GREAT educational field trip!!!

Tomorrow is the last day of AVM, and in my opinoin it was over WAY to quickly. Byes.