Tilden Park

Recently we made a trip with some buddies to visit Tilden Park in Berekely, CA. It's a large regional nature reserve that has some great activities. We went to visit the Little Farm and Steam Train. The little farm allows you to feed the animals celery or lettuce. We took lettuce, which was fun. You just had to be extra careful about getting your hands out of the way before the aggressive animals gnawed on them. If I were to do it again, I would definitely take celery. There is a lot more distance between where the animal bites and where your hand is!

Preston LOVED the farm. He especially loved watching the mother pig with all her little piglets nursing. They were stinky and Preston kept saying, "Ewww..." while plugging his noise with his hand.  He also braved feeding the animals. If you remember our trip to Tilden park almost a year ago - he was terrified of the animals. This time, though still a little nervous, he actually enjoyed feeding them. We saw goats, roosters, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, sheep, and cows. 

After visiting the farm we made our way over to the steam train. It's a real steam powered locomotive that takes you on a 10 minute ride. Preston also enjoyed the ride. He learned to say "steam" and "tunnel"

I know Preston enjoyed the trip because he would talk about it a few times a day the following week.  He would point out the window and say "Choo Choo". Then, he would start going through the list of animals he saw by making their noises. The pig was always followed by an "ewww..." It made me smile to know he was remembering our trip to Tilden Park.