bee city.

On Friday we took a field trip to Bee City outside of Charleston. It’s a charming little farm and petting zoo where you can feed many of the animals, and the kids were enthralled. We got to see exotic animals from some of our favorite stories and movies (lemurs! llamas! lynxes!). We held a baby alligator, a tarantula, and a snake, fed birds and chased chickens.

We learned from a reptile expert about alligators and scorpions and giant toads (and got to touch all three). Though we never did tour the bee farm, we ended up spending three hours exploring the place, with a break for a picnic lunch. The kids absolutely loved it, and asked when we can go back!