MacDonald Ranch

Ever since the Veteran's Day Parade Morgan has been begging to ride a horse.  Back in March, Dustin had a couple days off so we figured we would take her and see if Ethan dared ride one.  Dustin found MacDonald's Ranch up in north Scottsdale.  When I say north Scottsdale, I mean about 10 mins north of the 101.  It was a drive, but not only did they have pony rides, they also had a petting zoo.  And even better, the pony ride and petting zoo were free!  They do ask that you tip the person giving the pony ride, but it was definitely worth it.  It was a Friday afternoon when we got there and there was another family leaving as we walked in, so we had the place all to ourselves.

Ethan wasn't sure about petting the "pony".  I don't think they are actually called ponys, but I have no clue what their specific name is, so we called it a pony.

 Morgan loved the bunnies.  It was just hard to get them to sit still to pet them unless you cornered them.  Ethan didn't care to pet the bunnies either.

 But then we came to the wart hogs.  Maybe it was that they were just lying there in the shade that Ethan liked because he had no problem petting them.  Well, that was until he pushed down really hard on one and it moved.

 Couldn't resist riding the pig.  The only problem is, it doesn't fit two people very well.

 Finally time for the horse ride.  Morgan really didn't want to pet the horse, so I was a little worried she wouldn't want to ride the horse.  Ethan was happy staying back from the horse

 Morgan LOVED her horse ride.  She was able to go around the place three times and was begging to ride the horse again.  We tried to get Ethan on, but he screamed as I was lifting him up.  We'll try again another time.

We all had such a great time and will definitely go back.