There are many animal preserves in the area, today we visited Reptile Gardens. We were pretty impressed considering not all the exhibits were open yet. Once the warmer weather gets here they move some of the creatures to outdoor enclosures and there are more interpretive presentations.
Today we caught the "Snake show" and took in Prairie Dog Town, the indoor exhibits, the Bald Eagle enclosure and the tortoise exhibit. Preston's favorite was the prairie dogs, probably because those little guys run all over. The indoor exhibits featured loads of snakes, lizards, bugs, crocs & gators, turtles and various birds. The bald eagle is a rescue, although neat to see you can't help but feel bad for the guy since he can't fly anymore (the exhibit indicated that he had been shot in one of his wings). The tortoises were impressive, they are huge, move faster than expected, are gassy and almost seem animatronic. One came right over and seemed to want to chat with me...unfortunate as I don't speak tortoise.
Although some of the exhibits were quite creepy it was a good time had by all. Regan might recover from all the spiders before we go to bed tonight. Hadn't realized he was creeped out until his phone vibrated and he jumped out of his skin.
A sampling of the pics are posted in gallery if you are interested.
Until next weekend....
xoxo
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Trial Run
Someone told us that if you have kids than "you have to have a web page". Luckily we know someone else who started one so we could copy the idea and make pictures of our adventures available. This is just a start so forgive us if it is a bit hokey.
We moved to Rapid City, SD early March and have been settling in ever since. We have come to find that this city has some to offer us. However, it has been averaging 40 degrees outside with 15mph winds. Needless to say there has not been a lot of fun in the sun. Outdoor activity requires more bundling up than we would like for Spring. As it warms up we will get to hike, bike and hopefully get some vitamin D!
Will get more pics up soon, maybe once we know this initial post works the way we hoped. For now we miss you guys and hope to see you soon...feel free to visit!
xoxo
Reg, Karl & Pres
We moved to Rapid City, SD early March and have been settling in ever since. We have come to find that this city has some to offer us. However, it has been averaging 40 degrees outside with 15mph winds. Needless to say there has not been a lot of fun in the sun. Outdoor activity requires more bundling up than we would like for Spring. As it warms up we will get to hike, bike and hopefully get some vitamin D!
Will get more pics up soon, maybe once we know this initial post works the way we hoped. For now we miss you guys and hope to see you soon...feel free to visit!
xoxo
Reg, Karl & Pres
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