The Pettng Zoo

I met Nick for a coffee this afternoon in the local cafe. Afterwards we decided to go for a walk to get the caffeine out and we ended up near the local outdoor petting zoo.

This zoo always strikes me as super random. It is right in the middle of nowhere and totally free. They just have signs up asking that you don't feed the critters. So Nick and I checked out the swans, the chickens, and the more exotic birds just chilling in their cages.

I gotta say though, the goatlings were definitely my favourites. They have this huge paddock and there were like 30 of these sorta mini goaties. There were Billy goats, super pregnant lady goats, and some way cute kidlets in all sorts of ages and sizes. There were some seriously tiny kids and another pair of slightly larger ones that were head butting each other. It was so cute and some of them came up to the fence for pets.

There was this dad and his kid feeding the other kids some of the fresh green grass from our side of the fence. So Nick and I picked some too and then we were almost swamped by suddenly uber friendly, real hungry goats. It was pretty fun. I felt like a little kid again, which was kinda nice, b/c it was a great pick me up- on the way to the zoo we had walked by a really pretty, but very sad, war cemetary.

I wish I had taken my camera. Both the cemetary and petting zoo are photo-worthy, so I will try to visit again soon and take some pics for you all.