Grant's Farm

Grant's Farm is the 281-acre ancestral home of the Busch family. It is another place that we have been to quite regularly & really enjoy. We took Debs & Gary to see the animals & one of only two residences in the US that have been built & lived in by a US president. Due to the really dry weather that we had been experiencing we had to take a different route through the Deer Park on the tram due to the danger of wildfires (most of south Missouri was under a 'Red Flag' weather warning, which is a forecast warning issued by theUS National Weather Service when weather & land conditions are ideal for wildfires). We saw a much larger variety of animals than usual with quite a few of the Deer, Bison, Cattle, & Goats getting confident & standing really close to the tram.

Beth & Debs fed the Pygmy Goats, we watched the Animal Encounters show (which we hadn't seen before) & also the Elephant show from the new, covered, seating area. We also grabbed a snack from the The Brat Haus which is located in the Bauernhof (a 19th century German farmstead).