This isn't the first time I had been to Raven Hill, but it had been a good 20 to 25 years since my last visit...and there was a reason for that. The last time I can remember being there, we were looking in the tanks with the snakes... and it was feeding time. A staff person proceeded to put a furry, little, innocent mouse into one of the tanks. Apparently they thought we would want to watch this little creature get chased and eaten by the snake. Boy were they wrong. I did NOT want to watch something like that happen, was dismayed by the whole experience, and hadn't been back since. But as we considered options, I knew that there would be a lot that Taylor would love to see, and so despite my last negative experience, we headed out. :)
We did get to see snakes...
and geckos...
and fish...
and turtles...
but there were no live feedings happening that day. :o) The animals were only one part of the center, and there were lots of other things to play with and explore!
Taylor also got to play with mazes...
and mirrors...
and magnets...
and instruments...
and electricity...
And Camryn enjoyed the wonderful rocking chairs they had. :o) (Sleepy girl :))
Ryan also played, too, and won a small prize for getting the magnets on this table to stack high enough to reach the sign hanging from the ceiling. (The magnetic field on this table was so strong he had to remove his watch, wallet, and phone before going within an arm's length of it.)
Taylor thought she would help with the magnets, too, but threw some of them off the table and had to use the magnet "vacuum" to pick them up, which she actually really liked.
It was a fun way to spend a rainy morning!
(More lake pictures coming up!!)
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