Hey everyone, I hope you’ve all had great snow days. There’s still a good bit of snow outside here that you can come see (we’re open even though schools aren’t–although some of the outside is still closed because of ice), but I have more pictures of the fresh snow that Cassidy took on Saturday. Here’s a video of the drive from the building up to the top of the boardwalk in the fresh and falling snow: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_Mh2-ubH4[/youtube] That’s Larry andRead more
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QuikPost: Snow Day
We’re closed. Lots of snow on grounds. Probably around 5-6 inches at this point with more coming. Keepers Cassidy (and her boyfriend Trace), Erin, and Larry made it in- yay! Gus and Mimi bear looked cozy in the cave, Ursula bear was covered in snow. Yona was fine and dandy. Auggie and Duck did a bunch of wandering around in the snow in the farmyard. By far, Max the steer seemed to be enjoying the day the most. He wasRead more
QuikPost: Preparing for bad weather
Today the Keepers (Cassidy, Erin, Jill, and Kristen) are preparing for the impending precipitation. Who knows what will happen, but we’re preparing for much snow/sleet. Here’s a photo of one of the documents we use to help make sure we are dealing with everything that needs to be dealt with. Any thoughts, questions, suggestions, or comments appreciated. If time/conditions permit over the weekend, we’ll get photos to share with you. (remember the post about power outage? Some of the prepRead more
Snow at the Museum
As you know we got snow today. It was coming down hard enough and the roads were slick enough that the Museum was closed today. Three of the Keepers (Kent, Larry, and Cassidy) made it in to work (and made it so the other keepers did not have to come in). All the animals were fine. Pig was huddled under is heat lamp and piles of blankets. Mimi and Gus were curled up in the bear house, Ursula was inRead more
Winter Weather?
While we didn’t go out yesterday and buy bread and milk, we did prepare in other ways for the possibility of winter weather.Monitoring the weather forecast was probably highest on the list. If the forecast had been worse, there would have been less watching the forecast and more preparing for the upcoming event, but since the forecast was iffy, a lot of watching took place.As for things we did do, we made sure the outdoor animals had enough bedding toRead more