Olympic Game Farm

File this under "Wonders of Washington."  Seriously.

Today we visited The Olympic Game Farm.  You get to drive your car through a large animal farm.  You have to sign a waiver, pay them some cash, and then, miraculously, you're off.

It starts out slow, with peacocks.  They're pretty lovely.  Also, there are bunnies running around everywhere (though they are not pictured here).

But pretty quickly, they start to chase the car.

And there are LOTS of them.  Also, there are the seagulls, who quickly start following the car, largely because we have bread.  Oh, did I forget to mention that?  A key aspect of the game farm is that you buy a couple of loaves of bread at the gate, and you get to feed it to the animals.

Next, you get to the Prairie Dogs.  The poor prairie dogs are tough to see because the seagulls are really pushy and excited about the potential bread.

All this is nice, but after this, things get serious.  This serious:

Yes, the Zebras like to take bites out of your side mirrors.  Look out.

At first, it seems like it's going to be OK.  It's just a llama or two, and they seem pretty chill.  They like the bread, but they're not too crazy.  The smaller ones especially are sort of docile and wait for you to hand out the bread:

Then, the llamas start to circle.  Lots of them.

They seemed to maybe have a plan where one would stand in front of the car while the others would all attempt to shove their heads in for bread at the same time.

Then there are the elk.  They are beautiful.  And HUGE.

And they WILL have your bread.  Don't even think you can hide it from them.

They seriously crave carbs.  Do not try to hide from the elk.  They will sniff you out.

They're also surprisingly photogenic! 

There's some video of me freaking out about the elk, but we can't figure out how to get it off the camera and onto the computer.  Actually, there were TWO cameras filming my freak out.  No one was able/willing to help me while I was wedged between a car seat and the nuzzling elk, but by golly, two people were able to film it.  Thanks, John & Jake!

There's also an area with bears:

 I believe the bears are actually what started this whole game farm -- the people used to train animals -- especially bears -- for Disney films back in the day.

Then there are the deer -- some young ones -- that are totally adorable.  I really liked these two:

Oh, and I almost forgot the buffalo.  I didn't get any good pictures, but at least in this one, you can see the tongue:

Yes, that's his tongue sticking out.

So next time you're in Sequim, Washington, you should visit the Olympic Game Farm.  But if you're driving a rental car, make sure you have the wild animal insurance.  We really need to hit a car wash -- buffalo slobber is really nasty!