Deer Tracks Junction

Since we had no set plans on Labor Day weekend I really wanted to spend as much time together as a family as possible. I wanted to get Rocco out of the house and was trying to think of things other than the park since we had several park dates planned for the long weekend already.

There's a website called grkids.com that lists all sorts of things to do in the area that are kid friendly. I wasn't sure there would actually be anything going on since it was a holiday weekend, but I decided to browse the site just incase. On it for Sunday was Deer Tracks Junction. The website sold it as an old west type attraction with a petting zoo and homemade ice cream. I was sold on the ice cream :)

Admission to the petting zoo was only $3 for adults and free for Rocco, so it was definitely a cheap outing. It was so so hot while we were there, but we headed out to look at the animals first. There were goats, pigs, donkeys, and rabbits. Some were roaming free and some were in pens. Rocco was pretty interested when we first walked in but then a goat snuck up on him and nipped at his shoe and he was traumatized for life. He screamed for a good 10 minutes and clung to me like I was his sole path to survival. Any time we would be in sight of an animal he would start to shake and his whole body would tense up. The animals were cute and totally harmless, he just wasn't having any of it from then on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a cute playhouse that he thought was really fun. We let him calm down while playing in there for awhile and then coaxed him out. He was ok after that walking with Joe, but he really had no interest in seeing anymore animals.

 

 

We decided at that point to head inside to cool off. We played in the jail for a few minutes, Rocco rode the wooden horse, and we indulged in some homemade ice cream.

 

 

 

After that we headed out front where there was a huge play structure, wooden train, and old carriages to play on. We let Rocco play for awhile, but it was just way too hot to stay for long.

 

 

 

 

It was definitely fun to try somewhere new and I'm glad we checked it out! Rocco will hopefully get over his fear of the goat real soon so we can head to a few other petting zoos nearby.

Much Love,

B.