Wildpark Hundshaupten, Egloffstein, Germany

Grant was supposed to have a track meet in Kaiserslautern this weekend, but at the last minute, we were told that it was only for kids ages 8 and up.  Boo.  So we cancelled plans to go to K-Town and made plans to "wing it" and find the first thing off the Autobahn that looked like fun.  The first brown sign we saw?  The Wildpark Hundshaupten in Egloffstein!  So off we went!
 

We heard the roar from a fake bear when we arrived!
 

Hello Mr. Emu!
 

Floodplain management using natural techniques. I LOVE IT!  They culverted the water down the mountain and it came out here, onto a carved out tree trunk and down into the creek.
 

 

These goats wanted to show off for us.  I like to think they were fighting for my attention.

 

The kiddos spotted some super large pigs.  Note that his belly is almost rubbing on the ground.  Mmmmmm. Bacon.
 

Todd decided the guy at the top was a rasta goat.  He seemed pretty mangy!  Poor fella. But someone was giving them snacks and they were happy.
 

 

Trampolines are EVERYWHERE over here.  The kids go CRAZY for them.  Grant got to go first.

 

 

Meanwhile, Natalie spotted a bison!  He was just hanging out around the trampolines.

 

Finally Nat got to jump with her brother.
 

She looks like Spiderman here!  She was very disappointed that she wasn't able to do back flips on this one, for some reason.
 

I spy two little goats on the rocky mountain!
 

We saw two beautiful elk who were able to get out of their pen area and go down and relax under the trees.
 

This child loves to move.  Here he is jumping off of a giant log.  His new favorite thing is Parkour.

The kids were excited to see reindeer.  This one is Donner, according to Natalie.

Down by the pond, the kids were watching the ducks and I told them to pretend that they actually liked each other.

 

 

This was literally the funniest moment of the day.  This group of very drunk men were stealing the maypole from this town.  It's a thing here.  To steal the maypole of the neighboring town is a really big deal.  They were SO funny.  I had to drive on the sidewalk to get around them.  But they all had beer and were yelling at us!  Super funny!  I wanted to tell them congratulations, but I wasn't sure how to say that in German!

 

Sheep on the hill!  That's a lotta sheep!  Until next time, Wildpark Hundshaupten!