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As most of you know, the High Country experienced a strong dose of winter weather during an ice and snow storm in December.  Here at Tweetsie Railroad, we are happy to report the park didn’t suffer any major damage, but we will miss some of our favorite trees. 

People often wonder about the animals at Tweetsie’s Deer Park Zoo during the winter season, especially if a storm hits.  Our staff made it to Tweetsie’s Deer Park Zoo at the top of the mountain every day during the ice storm, and their first trip up the mountain (on Christmas Day) to the Zoo took two hours!  Despite the frigid conditions, Tweetsie made sure to keep all of the animals warm and comfortable.  Our llama, burros, miniature pony, goats and deer (which seemed to enjoy the snow the most) all grow thick winter coats which sure came in handy! 

As for Cinder, Tweetsie’s baby pot-bellied pig, she stayed inside the Deer Park Zoo shelter quite a bit with her mom and aunt.  The snow was deeper than Cinder was tall!  Cinder is about 5 months old, and is growing up fast! Speaking of the baby animals, 10 of our Pygmy Goats are expecting babies (known as “kids”) in April, and most will have twins.  We’re excited for you to meet them on April 30, opening day for Tweetsie’s 2010 season!

Welcome aboard Tweetsie Railroad’s blog! We have enjoyed reading your emails, comments and blog postings over the years about your visits to the Wild West theme park so we decided to create our own. We hope you will visit often, and over the next few months read about what’s happening at Tweetsie as we gear up for our 2010 season. We’ll give you an inside look into what the animals are up to this winter, what’s happening in the train shop to maintain historic steam locomotives as well as our 200-acre park, and all the preparations for the 53rd season.