A Trip to Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park

Looking for something cool to do with the family?  Mr. B. and I visited Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park  in Alto yesterday, and you’ve got to go too!  You can do a walking tour of the smaller animals, talk to Rick the Reptile Guy, and then get a wagon tour of the bigger animals.

One of my favorite areas was the huge parakeet porch – you can hold a seed stick out, and the little guys land on your hand to eat.  (That’s my hand with bird visitors there.)

I also LOVED the zebras – they have a brand new baby zebra – he was just two days old when we visited.

The zebras reminded me of one of my favorite art projects that my third graders did last spring – our neon zebras.

I also enjoyed Walter and Richard, the water buffaloes.  They were very friendly – I think they would have liked to get a taste of my camera!  This is Walter…or maybe Richard, I’m not sure!

A big thanks to Zookeeper (and niece) Dawn Hoekstra for the personal tour…it is a privilege to have family connections in the zoo business!