Rancho Los Alamitos

This fun group of kids took an outing together to visit a historical place right down the street from our house.  It is called "Rancho Los Alamitos".  We spent an hour touring the restored barn, grounds and wonderful gardens for FREE!  This shire horse (Valentina) gave birth in June to a colt named Preston (not seen very well).  He weighed 180 pounds and now exceeds 400; talk about rapid growth.

 The rabbits were a hit and have names such as Patches, Duchess and Petey (looks just like our Puffball, but is a lop)

 Ducks that lay eggs (we felt the eggs)

 Several chickens (including these rescued ones that were forced fed  for eating).  We also saw their eggs.

 These horses we were able to pet.  They came over and wanted attention.

It was a gnarly experience (sorry for the pun).  So impressed by the gardens; I forgot to take pictures.  We ended our hot (literally in this heat) time with Slurpees from 7-11.
The docents were all patient with the million questions that were being asked.  If you need something to do in Long Beach...