Friday, April 6, 2012

Baby Animal Time Again

Last year, Baby Animal Days were rather miserable due to the cold, snowy, rainy, sleety, undecided nasty weather. Yesterday arrived with blue skies and sunshine....and 7000-7500 guests, all eager to see baby animals.



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I think the horses were happy to have a large place to graze in the midst of all the visitors.




Strollers were everywhere.



The fur trader/mountain man site has been moved this year and they have a new little cabin to base their activities in.


This fellow is busy making a fire.



Indoors, visitors were allowed to try writing with a genuine quill pen. It worked amazingly well, although judging from the ink on the fur traders hands and cloths, maybe it isn't always as easy as it looks. I managed to make a decent entry while keeping my hands clean.



The woodwright shop stayed really busy. Gary sat outside with the shavehorse making spoons.



Neil brought along a display of some of his carvings.



The children's area had heavy usage.



As always, the coffin was in constant use as a photo op.



If you are in the area, please stop by!

1 comment:

Kathleen said...

I need a baby duckling. I don't want a duck, just a duckling to pat. So cute.