Daily Archives: July 31, 2010

Hidden Valley Animal Adventure – Varysburg, NY

One of the farmers in Varysburg (near Attica) started acquiring animals from different continents.  Eventually he turned part of his farm into a wildlife adventure.  He also built a beautiful lodge overlooking a pond that has a restaurant, snack bar, grill area, and souvenir shop.  The lodge can be rented for weddings, receptions, etc.  For the animal adventure, you get on a covered wagon pulled by a tractor.  There’s a narrator on board who describes the animals you’re seeing as you drive through different pastures.  The pics show a few of the animals we saw.  All the animals are grazers – no carnivores like lions or tigers – so it’s safe to ride an open wagon.  It’s a great place to take little kids because they can get up close with the animals and you get a cup of food to feed the animals at designated areas.  One little two year old was so excited at each new animal she saw that she just hooted and hollered.  The animals come right up to the wagon at times so you can touch them.  We took the tour with Mom and Dad and had a great time.

Hidden Valley Animal Adventure website

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Visiting Aiden & Alexis – Jul 28

Mom, Dad, Neil and I went to Warsaw to visit.  We stopped in at Jeremy and Jen’s to see them and their 7 month old twins.  Aiden and Alexis (Lexie) are really cute and happy babies .  Lexie seems to smile all the time.  Jeremy and Jen are very proud and obviously adore them.

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Vanessa, Al and Knox Visit – Jul 23 – 26

Vanessa, Al and Knox arrived at our house Friday afternoon.  We talked with Vanessa and Al and played with Knox.  He’s real cute and can make some high pitched noises when he’s happy.  The next morning, Vanessa and I went shopping while the boys babysat.  We went to Burkes outlet, a new store in town, and Vanessa hit the motherload for school clothes.  After that, we checked out the Mennonite store outside town and picked up a few goodies.  Then we brought back pizza for lunch.  After lunch, we packed up and headed to the lake.  We visited with Dexter, Tammy, Ryan and Francesca (Ryan’s girlfriend from Italy via China).  Dexter gave Knox a BB gun (he gives one to all the kids).    Then we went home to talk and play some more.  Sunday morning, the kids left around 1100.  I sent a bag full of cookies with them that Al said would probably be gone before they got home.  (I think he likes my chocolate chip cookies!)  We had a great time with them and were really glad they came to see us.  We can’t get enough of our kids and grandkids.

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