On that Saturday, Rebecca, the boys and I left Mat to his slumbering self and met up with Liz and her two children for some wildlife adventures at NW Trek. We started the day with some picnic lunch of PB&J, zucchini pickles and cheese and apple slices.
The kids got along really well. Actually, Peter seemed quite smitten with Mariel (pictured below). It's easy to see why.
First thing we did was go on an hour long tram ride throughout their "free roaming, herbivore" area where we saw Bison, Roosevelt Elk, Moose, Longhorn sheep, mountain goats and many other creatures.
Look at that there elk little lady...that thing's HUGE!
(thank you little Elvis)
Once we were done with the tram, we walked around the trails to the various viewing areas to see the bears, wolves, big cats (cougars, lynxes...), racoons, wolverines, badgers, beavers, river otters and such carnivores at those. Oh, we also took in some bird sightings of barn and great horned owls and Golden and Bald eagles.
We treated ouselves to some Sonic (good old American food...am I right?) where I left the kids with Rebecca whilst Liz and I caught up in her vehicle...
Once home, the boys were extremely excited to show papa all the stuff we saw on their map, plus tell all the stories of the animals.
Pete was pretty content just sitting on the couch, sipping on his treat of sugary drink. They slept pretty hard that night!
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