Last Weekend in September

We actually had a busy weekend. Of course this wasn’t planned but it did happen. We spent Saturday morning around the house doing absolutely nothing so I got online and looked up stuff to do in Cambridge that wouldn’t break our wallet. We knew that there was a zoo nearby but they closed at 5 and it was already 2:30 so we looked up to see if anything was open later than that. We found out about a wildlife park that was open till 6. Not much later but enough time for us to get out of our pajamas and out of the house and still spend a decent amount of time there. Shepreth Wildlife Park is about 15 minutes from our house and really cute. Right when we entered the park, we saw this crazy looking animal that neither of us have ever seen.

Most of the animals were in areas that I could reach over and touch them although there were signs that said the animals’ bite. The fact that they could jump over these walls though, frightened me. All the birds were completely caged… thank god. They had three different types of ponies that I wanted to feed. If you got to the park early enough in the day you were able to feed the ponies and goats. The last time I fed a goat I think I was about 10 and it started eating my hair but I was very excited to feed them. It is a shame that we got there 2 hours before the park closed so feeding them was not an option. We went into the Reptile house and there were no real cages and there was a monkey that was just jumping around over your head. I was not a fan. I love seeing animals I don’t really like to be close enough that it could jump on me though. After the ponies we followed the signs for Big Cats. This also led us near the nocturnal house, I figured that if they are letting monkeys and lizards roam free they probably have bats in there just flying around so I refused to go in. We finally got to the big cats and were let down because the tigers weren’t out. You could still see them, they kept them in 2 separate rooms but you could go to see them both. It was cool because the tigers would come right up to the glass and you really see how big they are.

The other big cats that we saw were Mountain Lions, but compared to the tigers they were house kittens. Our other favorite animal there was the wolf. They had two of them and they were so cute, reminds me of why I want a husky. They followed us as we walked along their cage, so adorable. After that we walked around a little longer and then headed home.

On Sunday we decided to go see the American War Cemetery in Cambridge. The cemetery is for American soldiers who died in England during the wars in Europe. There is also a wall full of names for soldiers who were in unknown graves. It’s a beautiful place and really informative.