The one day trip , made my day :-)

July 2, 2017:

Around 10 in the morning we went to pleasant Valley orchard in Minnesota . It is 1hour drive from Minnetonka. It was last season for strawberry picking. We took a box for us and two smaller ones for the kids. The kids loved to pluck the berries, the weather was perfect too. Infact, Two year old daughter was eating as she was plucking them. The 7lb of strawberries costs us $17.00. Already made strawberry jam with two pounds of strawbeery...yummmmmmmmmy!!!!

We got done by noon and headed to 'Fawn Doe Rosa Wildlife Educational Park' at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. It is pretty close to pleasant valley, just 15 minutes of drive. We found a picnic spot and had our lunch. The entry fee was $8 for kids and $9 for adults , not to mention the pony ride and pet food(we bought 3 bags of them which is $2each). It was spacious , grassy land. First we saw some goats and rabbits. Anvi loved to see the hen and husband amazed to see the antique car. We headed straight to pony ride, Advait enjoyed to ride. He rode the pony named Libby. Although our two year old Anvi was reluctant to sit on the pony, Advait was overjoyed after the ride.Later we went to see the goat. We fed them. Saw the peacock, donkeys and mule. We found an interesting fact that Male donkeys are called Jack and Female Donkeys are called Jenny. Jack and Jenny are such a common names here, wonder if they know the meaning ;-)

As we walked further, we saw fawns and deers ...awww..their calm and composed nature made me quieter. Advait hugged the deer and fed it. Adu and kutti, fed the ducks too. As we walked further, we saw elk, mountain lion and fox too. This was definitely a PURR-fect vacation :-)

We were tired to hike at Taylor falls, so directly went to Minnehaha Falls at Bloomington, MN. Kids just loved to play with water there. We had to change their clothes since they were all wet.They had strawberries on their way home too. End of the day, Advait asked me : Can we repeat what we did today some other day, with no change in the plan . Both were tired after the trip, we slept very early after dinner.