Animal Park

Greta had her second grade field trip a couple of weeks ago. It's the third time I've been here for a field trip and each time I'm able to get some pretty cool pictures of animals up close and personal. It's an animal park that allows people a different experience than a normal zoo. It's smaller and lets you feed and pet certain animals. It's pretty cool for kids to see. We had a great time.

There is a kangaroo enclosure full of moms with their babies. If they are lying down then you are allowed to go up and pet them. It's a neat experience.

There was an island with a family of howler monkeys. The baby was 18 months old and was constantly climbing on the mom. Near the end of the trip I was walking by the enclosure and saw the mom just hanging from a rope. The baby was freaking out and screaming because he couldn't get to her. He would climb on a rope near by and would fling his body at her and she would just hang there. She knew that was the only place she could be alone. You could tell she was having enough of his toddler behavior. I'd never related so much to an animal as that moment. I remember that time with toddlers.

I couldn't resist taking a close up of this big freaky looking bird. He was just standing there with his wings straight out.

There is an enclosure full of guinea pigs and you can go in there and feed them. It's popular with the tiny people and this little guy was well loved among the pigs.

My favorite animals there were the goats. So many baby goats everywhere. Greta sure loved it too.

Each year there are baby ducks and giant koi which make for an interesting picture. I'm always worried about those baby ducks becoming fish food.