Life is full of SO many choices. In terms of activities, there are many times when two things are happening at once that seem appealing, and a decision has to be made which to do. Had we been at home last weekend, our church had special activities after the worship services - hayrides, outdoor concert, free lunch, etc. I had no knowledge of that event when I scheduled our trip to Uprise Festival and Antietam Battlefield. Today I vacillated between #1 stay home all day (because we hadn't had any days like that this week even though we sometimes have up to three days like that per week), #2 go to T and D's Cats, and #3 go to Knoebels because if you bought a handstamp today they would give you a voucher for a free handstamp any day the park is open in May 2020. We did *very* little in terms of amusement parks this summer. Nadia rode 2 rides at Knoebels, the boys got 2 hours of riding rides at Knoebels, and we all spent one day at DelGrosso's. That was it - FAR less than usual. I could not seem to muster up the energy for a day at an amusement park albeit the weather was perfect today. Plus we are needing to cut back financially, and I didn't think it was prudent to spend that much on amusement park tickets this month. I had sent my friend, Cheri, a list of upcoming field trips, and she had picked this as one she wanted to do with us. If it hadn't been for that, I probably would have gone with #1 stay at home. It was a beautiful day for having a guided tour of the animals. It's not a "zoo" per se. The animals we saw either had physical problems and unable to survive in the wild, were illegally owned, were a part of a zoo or circus that closed, etc. Because of our WVIA membership, the kids got in free. The trip cost me $11 - $10 for my admission and $1 for a bottle of water at the end because we were thirsty and only Ian had brought a water bottle with him. It meant I saw my friend, Cheri, twice in one week. Wow! I sometimes go many months without seeing her so that was a treat. I think Ian enjoyed it the most of my three kids. He kept asking me to take more pictures. Certain animals reminded us of other people such as thinking of my Dad when we saw the tigers (the mascot of Princeton, where he graduated from college), thinking of Maurice when we saw many, many foxes (one of his most favorite animals), etc.
Since the name includes "cats" it makes sense that they have more than 50 felines (lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, bobcats, servals, and lynx). We saw several active tigers and two sleeping lions. Ian was disappointed that we didn't see any of the bobcats. There were many other types of animals - primates, deer, racoons, bears, cavies, foxes, coyotes, etc. It was our first time visiting this place, and it's only 45 minutes from our house. I had made plans to visit here for several years, but those plans were always cancelled. I'm glad we finally went!
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