During our camping trip, we took a day for an excursion to the Anderson & Girls Orchard. This place is AMAZING! Our friends, the DeBoers, had found it a year ago and had told us about it, but it's in Stanton, MI, which is a bit of a hike from our house. It's much closer to the campground we were using, so we took part of a day to head out there.
This place is wonderful! First of all, it's TOTALLY FREE! Love that! They have amazing animals for kids to see: reindeer, emu, camel, zebra, sloth, kangaroos, parrot, and warthog, just as examples! Then, kids can play on an old firetruck, use the ski boat sand box, slide down the tube-slide, feed the goats (and other animals...just be sure to take your quarters to buy the food!), and touch the pigs, bunnies, and sheep. We could have spent more time there than we did simply because we went on a hot day, and everyone got tuckered out after about two hours. They do have a store on the property, but we didn't make it in there so I'm not sure what that holds. We did, however, treat ourselves to some ice cream from their ice cream shop after our picnic lunch. They have $1 cones for soft-serve ice-cream...what a deal! Of course, Koen needed to have the Superman ice cream (not on the $1 list), and Ty just mooched off from Mommy and Daddy's ice cream.
(Below pix: The slide & Ty in the firetruck)
I wish this place was closer to our house as it'd be fun to go back with other family and friends! I'm sure we'll get there again someday!
(Can you see the kangaroo in this pic?)
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