Synopsis

Mike journeyed to the San Francisco Zoo, gaining a firsthand understanding of the zookeeper's life – a vocation largely defined by feeding the animals and tending to their waste. From there, he traveled to Vermont, where he explored a haunted cheese-making factory and discovered that the craft of cheesemaking demands a profound patience. Next, in Calistoga, California, Mike learned the art of mixing volcanic ash mud for spa treatments, concluding a grimy day with a restorative mud bath. His trav