We picked today to go to the park because they feed to wolves every Wednesday at 2 PM. After buying our barge tickets, we went on a little hike along the lake. We watched the otters in their enclosure and owls in the their pavilion. We enjoyed pleasant hiking weather and beautiful fall colors everywhere.
Hannah and her new boyfriend Zander
Hiking along the lake
Albino deer
Five year old boys
Hannah playing with the boys
Hannah was tired or as she put it
"It was too much walking for her tickly feet"
We stopped at the wolf enclosure shortly before 2 PM to watch the feeding. The park ranger arrived with their food - about 30 lbs of ground meat, 10 lbs for each wolf. They feed them twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The ranger explained that wolves eat about 20 lbs of meat once a week in the wild. We waited and waited but the wolves did not come to eat. Apparently they were not very hungry. We walked to the other side of the enclosure to see them.
One of the 3 wolves that live at Bays Mountain Park
Stevie and Hannah were hungry and we walked over to the truck to get some snacks. After our snack we caught up with the group at the barge landing area. The barge was an oversized pontoon boat and took us on about a 30 minute ride around the lake.
Hannah on the barge
Beaver lodge
It is about 30 years old and the walls are 2-3 feet thick
Stevie with Evan, Zander and Rachael
After the barge ride we went into the visitor's center where they had large fish tanks, dinosaur exhibits and a play cave. The kids loved the cave and Stevie requested that we get a house with a cave. After some cave-time we all loaded up in our vehicles and drove home. We were pretty hungry and decided to check out a bar-b-q restaurant near our apartment. We did not like it, it was very expensive and the food was too spicy for the kids to eat. Oh well, lesson learned.
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