Gone wild!

Wild und Wanderpark

Today we took Colin to the Wild und Wanderpark, which is a big forest area with lots of animals that the kids can get up close and personal with. I took Colin once before when he was about 10 months old and too little to walk. This time I knew he'd be nuts over the animals being so close to him and being able to feed them. First thing we came to was goats and they were very friendly and eager to help themselves to the food. Colin laughed as they came up on the fence to greet him and at the tickle as they took the food from him.




Soon after he fed the big goats in the pen a couple of little baby goats came running down the sidewalk outside the pen and he was very excited about that.


He fed the goats some more and a couple started fighting, Colin didn't care but I thought it was pretty cool...watch out for goats!


After we fed the goats we looked at the wolves and buffalo, which you are not allowed to feed (go figure). Then we came to the horses, which Colin was excited to see at first. The horses were farther back in their pen and when one heard the food he came over to greet us. Colin wasn't so sure about the horse anymore once he was right up at the fence and in his face. He didn't like feeding the horse, he kept pushing Shelby's hand over to the horse with the food in it and wouldn't take the food to feed it himself.


After the horse we walked the forest part of the park where there are all kinds of deer running around. We met several along the path and fed them. They come in groups and overwhelmed Colin a little bit, but he did very well. We also saw the wild pigs and fed them too. They can be mean! There were babies that were pretty cute too.
Here Colin saw a deer and took off after it...


And here we meet another mob of deer on the path and feed them too