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St. Louis weekend- Grant's Farm

Last weekend, (June 21-22) we went for a quick weekend trip to good ol' St. Louis.  Zach's family had gotten tickets to a Cardinals' game for his Grandpa for father's day, and his parents graciously bought us tickets, too.  We headed out early Saturday morning so we could go to Grant's Farm before the game.  It's perfect that we did, because it ended up only being 3 miles from our hotel.

It was so fun, and it was special because it was both of our first time there!
The house President Grant built!

An elk just chilling in the pond... not a bad idea considering the heat!

One of the two eagles they had.  Both had permanent injuries that make it impossible to fly, so they are in an open area with a fence.  So sad to see such majestic birds hurt, but neat to see them up close and not in a cage!

Best attempt at a very quick selfie.  We were walking thorough the stables and looking at all the old Budweiser stagecoaches and horses.
 I was being very serious and telling the camel not to bite me, and Zach captured it.  Pretty funny!

Don't let him fool you.  He really wanted to bite me!  I didn't include all the lovely pictures of him trying!

Excellent!

My sweet hubby!

Excited to be at Grant's Farm for the First time!


One of the Clydesdales!  He was not even standing up and was huge!  They were so pretty!  It was so crowded in the stables, though, we didn't get to stay very long to look at them!!

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