I think James and I have been talking about wanting to take the kids to Springs Preserve for about two years now. It is put together by the Las Vegas Valley Water District and has many different attractions like museums, art gallery, children's playground, animals that are native to Nevada, botanical gardens, and host many different events through out the year. We finally took the kids out there and bought a year membership for our family. The kids had a lot of fun and James and I learned a lot about Las Vegas. The kids saw different kinds of spiders which was informative to James and I because some of these spiders are very poisonous and common to our area but we have never actually seen one up close. They had the black widow, brown recluse, and vinegeroons on display. Some other desert animals we saw were a fox, tortoise, rabbits, lizards, and snakes.
After walking around the museum we heading outside to the concert seating area and watched a bird show. The birds were an owl, eagle, and rapture. The bird handlers had the birds demonstrate how they dive for their food. These animals are seriously fast and dangerous looking. I wouldn't want to be on their radar for dinner!
We walked a little around the gardens and then took the kids to the kids workshop where they painted bird houses. Each month there are different kids workshops and for the month of February the kids can make their own glow in the dark firefly necklace.
We didn't have a chance to see the kids playground or view all the gardens but now that we have our year membership we can go back anytime for free! This is definitely going to be a place we visit at least once a month!
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