A few weeks ago Olena and I spent the afternoon at a local nature center. It was my first time here and I was very impressed. I was however bummed that I didn't take more and/or better pictures so I hope to go back again soon. They have 2 deer there name Sunshine and Serria. Both are beautiful and very friendly, however one of them has a serious licking problem. HAHA. Anytime I got within a few feet of the fench she would run over stick her head through and start licking my hands and arms. Even when I tried to feed her, her first concern was to lick my hand before taking the offering. Guess I am just too sweet! LOL!
We were even able to spend a few hours inside of thier nature center showroom. It was beautiful. Fire place, cozy couchs, with tons of books. Toys, lots of taxidermy animals and furs to touch...a sensory childs heaven. They are usually only open on the weekends or during field trips but I called ahead of time and the manager said he had take care of the lawn work that afternoon so he opened the doors for us while he did his work outside. It was the perfect afternoon. We walked the trails, seen frogs and turtles in the pond, they had an old one room Little House on the Prarie cabin set up on display. That was really cool. You could look through the windows of the house to see how a home was typically set up, then they had an outhouse, a barn, woodworking shed, a working water pump and tons of farm tools. They even had an old wooden tree swing which Olena loved.
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