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I’m embarrassed to admit, after living in Baltimore for 22 years, I never stepped foot inside Patterson Park. Even though I lived in Federal Hill and worked on Gay Street (yes, just around the corner from the infamous “Block”) and had experience fending off drunks and panhandlers on my way home each evening, I was afraid to enter the large park. I had always wanted to visit the fascinating Victorian era Pagoda that looms from the top of Hampstead Hill, so a couple of weeks ago, overcoming this irrational fear, my husband, two sons (13 and 4) and I ventured on a quest through the 137 acre urban retreat. We entered.....
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Baby Goat and Boy
Baby goats that is! The children were a little wild as well, but having a lot of fun. If you're looking for a couple of hours of free fun, go visit Chapel Hills Farm and Nursery in Perry Hall. It's a garden center with a quirky petting zoo and play area behind the plants. My son and I went last week before this rainy weather hit. It was great. The baby goats kept escaping their pen, allowing themselves to be manhandled by the human kids and even climbing up into the wooden ship - much to the horror of some of the children and mothers (most of us were enthralled)! In addition to the goats, there's a mammoth muddy pig, two...
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