apricots and billy goats

which smells worse apricots or billy goats? i think its a toss up having traveled 500 miles thru the desert in the heat of the summer with both.if you haven't noticed i get alot of bright ideas. some are definatly better than others. apricots and billy goats are not one of my better ideas i must admit!i had just bought my new van when my mom became ill so i went to see her. it had been a great year for apricots and her tree was loaded with them. mom was so worried about those apricots going to waste that, to keep her from going out and picking them, i told her i would pick them and take them back to utah to preserve them. the day before i was to depart for home my friend ,tim, and i picked all the apricots (about 50 lugs) and stacked the boxes in my van to take back to utah.APRICOTS STINK! AND THEY RIPEN BY THE SECOND! but i got them home and giving 1/2 the load to my son and myself taking 1/2 we canned apricots, we dried apricots, we juiced them, we made jelly out of them for the next week (while working 14 hour days, 6 days a week) while my van sat out in the driveway with all the windows down to air that horrid smell out.i never want to see another apricot as long as i live!about the time the van and the apricots were finished i got the call from the lady i had been buying the pedigree goats from in calif. she had decided to cut down more of her herd and offered me her billy goat, and the rest of her does at a great price (i love a blue light special) but on the terms i had to go get them right away. i called every dog person i know and borrowed all the extra large crates i could find. with crates packed to the ceiling in the van i headed for california to pick up the goats.the trip out there was fine. the trip back was another story!even tho i put "merle" into a crate at the far back of the van, traveling in september while a billy is in rut, with a vanful of 9 does in heat is not the most pleasant experience i have ever partaken in.driving thru baker the smell became so bad i decided the heck with the 100 plus weather i had to roll down the windows. it didn't work. the heat just seemed to make them all sweat and produce even more odor! i must say that was the longest trip of my life (other than the trip with chandra and niki as a baby) but there was no turning back now so i just trudged on. the thought did cross my mind that maybe i should double think some of my decisions in the future. finally i made it home, unloaded the animals, rolled down all the windows in the van for another airing.....this one took over 2 weeks before i could set in that van again!