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erin

Jan 21, 2022 — 2 min read

I just found out about a new place this week. The girls didn't have school today and it is freezing outside, so it was the perfect day to check it out.

It is a pretty small place, but they have lots of cool animals. We ended up spending a couple hours there feeding, petting and holding animals.

They also have some pretty cool things. Like this bowl on a string for the goats up on the 2nd level and fishing poles to feed the prairie dogs.

I think the highlights of the day were feeding the parakeets and holding the fennec fox.

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