Gold mine!

Living in Hershey PA has it's perks and disadvantages.

Perks: I live super close to an amusement park.
Not a whole lot of traffic, unless there is a concert at Hershey park, then kiss your plans goodbye. You're going to be stuck behind a suburban full of 13 years old's on their way to the Jonas Brothers for a long time.
All the chocolate you could ever want...

Disadvantages: All that chocolate makes for weight gain.
Taxes, Taxes and more Taxes
Nate's long hours.
The whole tinted window law...

But recently I found a new Perk. Lake Tobias Wildlife park
We went there for a playgroup outing, and it was awesome! It was our own jungle safari in good ole PA. My kids were in heaven!



Basically this guy brought home some exotic pets and he just kept doing it, the neighbors would all want to come over and see what new animal he'd come home with, and so they decided to make it public and today they have all sorts of animals.

They have a petting zoo which was mainly goats, a camel, a dwarf pony, and some alpaca's. I had on a skirt, and the goats kept trying to eat my delicate trimming. Liam was terrified after he saw Owen who got a little too close for comfort get rammed to the floor. Owen wasn't phased and kept trying to poke it's eyes out.

Owen was so excited to see they had ducks. He LOVES ducks and Geese and quacks and honks anytime he sees them. I warned him (as best I could an 18 month old) that they bite. He was good for a bit, I turned around to get some more food for him and my friend starts laughing. She said he got snapped at and jumped about 10 feet. Actually I think it was a good lesson, I took him to the local zoo a few weeks later and there were some birds behind some glass and he didn't want to go near them, said ouch ouch. Until I pointed out they couldn't get to him.



We then took the safari tour. You can buy crackers (which is a must!) to feed the animals with. They come right up close to your open air bus. In fact, they even climb the steps to try and get a little closer.



All in all it was well worth the $12 it cost to take my little guys. I think this will be a new spot to take all those who come out to visit. Oh wait that means Dan and Marie.