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| - We finally made it out here for the 1st time on Saturday. I'll admit some of the reviews made me nervous but I thought it was great. If you want to avoid reading what became a verrrry long review, I would just say head out there. It's worth a trip.
I should probably say that my husband grew up on a ranch, and I have been to many, so I am coming from that viewpoint. Were parts dirty and smelly? Yes. Is that every single ranch on the planet? Yes!
We got the $10 wristbands and headed in to the show in the saloon. It was silly and hokey, but fun, and not too long with lots of audience participation. I will admit, my husband and I enjoyed it more than the kids, so maybe adults who didn't grow up in the techie age will appreciate old time silly entertainment like that.
Next we headed to the petting zoo. Lots of people have commented on the animals in cages, and yes, it does tug at the heart a little, but I choose to think those are not kidnapped from the wild type animals, but instead wouldn't make it in the wild, being cared for there, animals. My kids loved the variety of animals they had, and especially loved petting the deer.
After that we walked through the various buildings that housed wild west type stuff which was interesting to look at, the mine, which was pretty neat, and the wax museum which was kind of hokey, but still cool, and for some reason, super dark, which actually made walking through more fun :)
To finish up, we headed to the pond, which had tons of ducks and turtles, which the kids loved and past it to where there were more peacocks and peahens then I have ever seen anywhere. The kids were in heaven with that!
Lastly, we took the train ride which was a nice and slow time to rest the feet for a bit and end what we thought was a fun couple hours :)
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