Wolf Park

We went to Wolf Park over the weekend with some dear friends.

We learned a lot during this trip.

1. Wolves are very cool.

2. When going to a free open house, go early.  Thankfully we did.

(There was over a mile long line of cars to get into the park when we left.)

3. If going to said open house during the first thaw of spring, wear mud boots.  We did not.

4. Learn how to get your camera to focus on the background, not the fence in the foreground.

We still had a lot of fun.

The weather was full of beautiful sunshine and warmer temperatures!

It's difficult to gauge in the picture just how big these creatures are.

Connor liked these wolves, they were born on his birthday.

This wolf was somewhat cantankerous with the other wolves and was having some alone time.

She was privileged to have coyotes as neighbors.

A few of the coyotes were growling at her.

Besides the wolves and coyotes there are also bison.

There were some foxes as well but somehow we managed to not get pictures of them.

Coyote howling.

The park volunteer had us "howl" to get the coyotes going.

Quite the loud noise! 

Seems strange to see them this close.

You can hear coyotes frequently at the house.

They tend to howl with the train whistles in the middle of the night.

These guys didn't seem too impressed with the hundreds of people watching them.

You think they would have come a little closer to the fence,

or at least turned so we could see their faces.

The park is not very big but has some beautiful views.

This is from the inside the observation deck.

The wolves were showing up for the feeding demonstration.

I suspect they just wanted their meal.

I wasn't too good at remembering the names of the wolves.

I'm sure the kids could tell you.  ;)

It was awfully nice of him to come to the fence so we could get a closer look.

As you can see from the shadows, we were fairly close.