On Saturday, I arrived at Lander Veterinary Clinic in Turlock, California. This was my destination in my trip across the country. Jess had come to Lander last January for an externship and raved about her experience. Once the majority of the “dairy bitches + Greg” worked out that we had A-B distributions off, a 9-week period of time, we planned for our own Lander experience. The clinic is a 14 doctor practice that does dairy production medicine almost exclusively. The practice is located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley in central California. The San Joaquin Valley is the center of California's dairy industry, with California being the largest dairy state in the US. From Turlock the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite National Park, San Francisco and the California coast are within easy driving distance. My classmate Alicia completed her rotation with Lander a week ago and has now trekked onto Phoenix, AZ for more job interviews. My roommate Carrie just finished her rotation and was flying back to NY as I was driving in, and Greg is still here at Lander for another week, after a trek across the US interviewing. Another added bonus is that Petra a Summer Dairy cohort from Ontario is also here for the week, so it’s a mini SDI reunion. On Sunday, Greg and I drove to the coast along Highway 1 – it was “beautiful!”