Trekking

NORTHWEST TREK: So, for fear of sounding like a broken record, we've been busy. Born to run, as Bruce Springsteen might say.

Last Thursday, we headed an hour or so south to Eatonville, WA, to visit Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. It was a working visit for us (and that's all I can say about that), but we enjoyed it nonetheless.

One of our first stops was the bathroom. An unglamorous destination, but I loved the posters they had on the wall outside. 

From there, it was off to more interesting things. Like, the badgers. :)

 We saw some cool cats along the way.

A highlight of the visit was a tram ride out through acres of grasslands and wetlands. There, we saw many a bison.

 And many a baby bison!

 In fact, this baby below was just three days old!

CJ can tell you a bit more about our visit. ... 

On 28 June 2018, my family visited Northwest Trek, located south of us in Eatonville, WA. Northwest Trek is a zoo displaying a variety of animals native to the Pacific Northwest, particularly those in the Eatonville region. We visited for a mystery shop, and as such, had to carefully catalogue the details of our visit (employee names, times of entrances and exits to certain places in the zoo, etc.). Here are some highlights from our visit:

At one point, we waited near a barn owl enclosure to see a presentation about barn owls. Wendi, the presenter, introduced us to Tuccloose (I think that's how it's spelled), a resident barn owl of Northwest Trek. Wendi attempted to feek Tuccloose a rabbit head, which he was reluctant to go for. Wendi compared an owl being given a rabbit head during the day to a human being woken up at 3 A.M. to eat a cheeseburger. I did admit that I would eat a cheeseburger, if woken up at 3 A.M. and presented with one. Wendi also showed us some owl pellets, presumably from Tuccloose.

At 1:00 P.M, we went on a tram ride, Northwest Trek's main attraction. Grace, the tram driver, provided us with knowledge about the various animals along the path. In particular, we got to see a three-day-old bison. Multiple caribou were also present on the path, including multiple that forced Grace to slow the tram by walking along the path.

Below is a snowy owl, who didn't like the sound of my camera's shutter.  

Here's a 'fairy' house from our nature walk. (Really, the whole day was a nature walk.)

 The barn owl is photoed below. 

 And here's his lunch - rabbit head!

We saw some big cats during our travels. 

 Doe, a deer. A female deer.

 We saw a trio of lovely wolves, two sisters and a brother.

 The animals were the main draw, but the nature trails were compelling, as well. 

All in all, it was a great day full of lots of amazing animals and sights we wouldn't see elsewhere.