July 23, 2008

Today we went to The Wildlife Experience. This is a small compact museum and a fun place for kids of all ages. We arrived in the early afternoon and the place was busy with day care kids. After about an hour most of the groups left and it was easier to enjoy the place.

Abby’s next-door neighbor, Austin, went with us. He is a few years older than Abby but they get along well together. He is one of the neighborhood ball players that get together each day.

The interactive areas in the Wild Colorado Room make it easy and fun to learn.

There are plenty of close up encounters with animals.

We also enjoyed the two galleries of fine art. The horse is the featured animal in the lower changing exhibit gallery. The upper changing exhibit gallery was filled with wild animal paintings. They also have some outstanding photographs of animals on the walls of the Habitat Hallway

It was fun watching Abby and Austin play the “Fore! The Planet: A Putt-To-Learn Adventure” indoor putt-putt golf course. The course was rather busy for their first round when we arrived so the two golfers went back later for their second round while Jill, Char and I admired the art in the adjacent gallery.

If you are in the Denver area this is a wonderful place to visit. Check out their website http://www.thewildlifeexperience.org/ for more information.