Picturing The Goatalympics - Modern Farmer

Picturing The Goatalympics

Pictures of adorable goats prancing and pooping their way around a goat competition.

So when a friend mentioned over cocktails a few months ago how excited she was for this year’s Goatalympics in Monroe, Wash., my slow western brain couldn’t make sense of the idea. “That is not a thing,” I said. “It is!” she insisted. “There’s a website. It’s totally glamorous. You can get a shirt and a bumper sticker.” Suddenly there was nothing I wanted more than to go to the Goatalympics.

Last weekend, I did. No bumper stickers in sight, but there were hordes of happy kids, a barnful of adoptable bunnies, a heritage center packed with cool old farming equipment – and, of course, the goats. In all manner of photogenic shapes and sizes, they pranced and pooped their way through obstacle courses, costume contests, and musical chairs, competing for the honors of longest beard, best spots, and biggest wattles. It was everything my neglected rural heart could hope for.

I wish I could tell you I picked up the names and breeds of my fuzzy new friends, but at my very first Goatalympics, all I could do was point, shoot, and admire. Before next year’s trip to the farm, this New England girl promises to learn a few new tricks.

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