Chapter Three - The Wild Center!

I was nearing the end of my tour of the Wild Center. This display was about the natural cycle of processing natural materials, decay and soil building. That board which looks like it has thousands of worms was actually filled with Red Backed Salamanders. I wish I'd asked if they were real but I never did:

A Coyote:

"Every night the river sings a new song:"

This was part of a display about high peaks summits and explained the process of how rock becomes soil:

There was a small model of an elevated walkway and I wondered if there was one outside which I might tour:

But no, the elevated walkway is planned to be opened in 2015:

There was a cafe in which to have lunch, and also a gift/souvenir shop:

I especially liked the gift shop. I revert quickly to boyhood in natural history museums and zoos, and even more so in their natural history related gift shops:

They had Adirondack themed edibles, pottery, artwork, games and aromatic items filled with balsam needles:

Adirondack themed ornaments:

Plush birds which sang songs typical of their species:

And lots of puppets and stuffed animals, especially the big favorites of moose, bears, fish, otters, rabbits, etc. But I had cows and chickens and dogs and cats waiting for me at home, so I bid farewell to the Wild Center and began my journey back to the farm: