I cannot say enough about what a great place Superstition Springs Farm is. It is a great place to visit are real working dairy and the facilities are one of the cleanest that I have seen so far. The staff there is friendly and helpful and it is just an all around good experience.

My boys and I went there during one of their Free farm days about 6 weeks ago…and it was packed! Definitely arrive early if you plan to attend one of these special events.

This time they had horse rides available for the kids at $5 per rides and my boys loved it! They even had a couple horses in the petting zoo corral to feed.

On that note, parents be sure that your are aware of the proper way to feed a horse…fingers together, palm up, i believe. But check with the farm hand to be sure. I happened to witness a little boy, who was bout 1 1/2 or 2 years old that attempted to feed this giant horse without the help of his mother. This horse could have taken the boys entire forearm…no fault of the horse, as I belief the mother should have supervised the feeding. The boy, luckily ended up with just a little nick on his finger and just appeared traumatized by the incident. The people at the farm seemed to be very accommodating and tried to calm the boy and offered to inspect the cut and clean it it, they did the best they could. But I’m sure it was a difficult lesson for the mother.

So please, please be careful and supervise your kids when feeding animals. I’m sure the boys’ mother thought she was paying attention and thought her son would know what to do…but even in the best circumstances animals can be unpredictable.