Reindeer Farm and Museum of Transportation

This morning we drove up to Palmer to go to the Reindeer Farm. We had such a great time! The owner, Thomas, was a great guide and he ended up letting us picnic on his private property on top of the Butte. Willem didn't love the dog that was wandering around the farm but he was interested in the animals as long as Mom or Dad was right near by.

They gave us each a kids snack cup full of reindeer food and Ellie was a bit confused as to why we were giving her food to a reindeer but she seemed really excited to see all the animals. Willem wanted me to feed the reindeer for him and Jason teased that I wasn't helping with Willem's tentativeness since I kept leaning further and further away from the reindeer. They may be small but I was not taking their strength for granted.

Their antlers felt soft and they were very eager to eat out of our hands. They were definitely strong willed though when it came to food, we got rid of those food cups as soon as they were empty.

We then fed the moose and holding onto the branch while the moose ripped the leaves off gave us a small view into the power of a moose.

Jason enjoyed feeding the moose so much, he decided he wanted a closer encounter and went in for a kiss. Will post video later, check back for that one...

The owner of the Reindeer Farm owns half of the Butte and let us walk up their private path to their private lake and pasture for us to picnic on. We picked out our picnic spot and much to our surprise there were a dozen horses resting in the field.

Jason and Willem went to check out the horses.

Ellie wanted to go as well. She was fearless about the horse.

Afterwards we headed to the Museum of Transportation and Industry in Wasilla. The drive to Wasilla was nice, it felt like small town America in Palmer but Wasilla was a much larger town. We hit the jackpot with this museum!