Canada Trip: Part 2 (Petting Zoo)

On our first full day here, we took the kids to the petting zoo in Victoria's Beacon Hill Park. It was a huge hit and they LOVED all the baby goats. It was interesting seeing each of their reactions to the animals. Molly wanted to "mother" them and talked to the goats like they were her children while she carefully brushed them. Garrett wanted to play with them, and at one point he got the nickname "goat bully" when he pushed one off of the rock it was perched on (naughty boy). Paige was really interested in them, but the second she pet a goat she would pull her hand away like it was gross to touch them.


One of the highlights of the farm was the peacocks that were literally everywhere. They were so tame and just walked around like pet chickens. But the cool part was that the males were constantly displaying their tail feathers. The biologist in me kept thinking about the biological energy investment it is to carry around that huge tail everywhere. The photographer in me just snapped a million pictures. You can click on the image below to see it bigger.