Swetsville Zoo

09/29/2018 By elrep
It was a beautiful day for a drive up north ... looking for a mix of favorites and missing Jasmer months. We stopped here once before but the zoo was closed. Today it was open so we had a picnic lunch and then had fun exploring the sculptures. Adding a favorite point. Email sent.

09/27/2018 By TeamKimi186
Second day of our Epic Adventure the quest for 5000 with softball29. Landed in Denver from Albany NY the 26th. I was looking forward to this and it blew me away .My favorite was the 2 fisherman. Awesome. TFTC

09/27/2018 By softball29
How cool of a virtual is this?

I had a lot of fun walking through and around here. This is a hidden gem and is one of the reasons geocaching is so cool. It takes you to places you may never know about. I've sent answers via the message system. Thanks so much. Definitely a favorite point.Thanks for the smiley!

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09/23/2018 By Team J&K
Another very interesting sculpture park.
The guy does like his dragons!!!
Thanks for showing us this odd collection.

09/19/2018 By geohiker7
Celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary with a 2 week road trip, working on challenges, favorited caches, virtuals and earthcaches. Thanks for placing and maintaining these caches! Very interesting “zoo” they have here. Thanks for the fun virtual. Email sent

09/03/2018 By turtleboy29
Thanks for taking us to a great spot. I had heard about this place and glad this finally got me there.

09/02/2018 By VeesMom
Spent the weekend in Colorado with Dagrandpa. Our priority for the day was to find a variety of different caches in the Fort Collins area. It was an excellent way to see and experience the city and its surrounding area. The Swetsville Zoo was our favorite. Thanks to all the COs.

09/02/2018 By dagrandpa
Spending the Labor Day weekend in Colorado and caching in Fort Collins area with VeesMom. Nice day no rain. Had hoped to do the Poudre Trail P M caches on bikes. After starting OK on the first few caches which were actually difficult because of the thickness of the vegetation and the numerous possible hides we hit a string of DNFs and abandoned the quest. We then did a few more caches further south by the same CO and had much better luck. So it goes. Thanx for placing.

This is an extraordinary place well worth a visit. The creativity and technical skill is superb. Hope it lasts a long time. We'll each give it a fav.

08/17/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
That is one interesting zoo; I took a few photos after I recorded the needed information for my find. My answers will be on their way shortly. I'm awarding this one an FDF favorite point; great job and TFTC!

08/13/2018 By safechrisLaurie
This was on my Must Do list on our Epic two week family vacation!

Oh my gosh, this was so much fun! I could have stayed here all day finding all the cool little hidden gems.

My husband loved the motorcycle. I loved the build a dinosour kit! My daughter loved them all!

Oh yeah...and the musical area...that was the bomb!

Thank you so much for bringing me here. A highlight of our 5 state tour for sure!

Thanks for the adventure!
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07/30/2018 By Team Bear-Cat
What a very fun, unique location ! We wandered around for nearly an hour, playing with the musical instruments, taking pictures and just gawking at the time and creativity exhibited here! FAV point for sure ! Answers sent. TFTVC!

07/27/2018 By swankysheep
This is probably in my top five virtual cache/ maybe of all time! On my way up with TeamBlackSheep to Cheyenne and I’m glad we stopped. So much creativity, we took our time to walk around and admire the art. Glad to finally cross this off my to go list. Thanks for the virtual!
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07/26/2018 By Hammies
So much creativity!

07/23/2018 By TalonLS
TFTVC This was a cool place to visit.

07/23/2018 By OwenfromKC
TFTVC This was a really cool place to visit. Thanks for the Roadside Attraction! ?FP!

07/08/2018 By chsmathwisch
I agree...worth the detour...thanks!

07/01/2018 By Pens n Pencils
A definite highlight of the trip. Thanks for the detour.
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07/01/2018 By Mellowyellow2
We were passing through the area and saw the favorites on this one and had to check it out and I am so glad we did! There are so many unique hidden gems in this world and geocaching takes you to them! For this reason I love this hobby and thanks for taking the time to place this cache and take us here. We got to meet the owners and hear stories of some of the artwork. TFTVC

11/03/2016 By wildkatco
We had this one on the list for quite a while, and with this warm weather we decided there was no time like the present to drive to FoCo. We found it easily enough and enjoyed the obvious sense of humor that the sculptor has, as well as his skill and imagination. What an amazing collection of work! We couldn't help smiling at the whimsy that is reflected in all the characters expressions. The local birds obviously like having ready-made nesting cavities as evidenced by all the dragons and dinosaurs with nests in their mouths. It's rumored that the zoo won't be around for much longer, and it's easy to see why - location, location, location. It will be a shame if the arts community of FoCo doesn't step up to acquire these works and add them to a park somewhere. Assuming they ever become available, of course! The answers have been sent to the CO, and thank you for bringing us to this fun and fanciful zoo! This definitely gets a favorite point from us.

10/24/2016 By Nyvlak
What a cool little place! Well worth the visit and the artist has a great sense of humor. The answers have been sent! Thanks!

10/16/2016 By allenmabry
11:53 AM I was in Denver this week on business. Afterward, my wife and I are now driving through the northeast CO counties and points of interest in KS, NE and WY.

When I sorted by favorite points in the Denver area, this popped up. I'm glad I included it.This great fun. My wife and I both enjoyed it.

Answers sent. Thanks, n0wae, for setting up the cache for me to find.

10/15/2016 By BugRanger
What an amazing place! Had a great time looking at all the artwork here. This is why I love geocaching! I never would have known that this was here! Answers sent - TFTC

09/30/2016 By bobf
After finding 2100 caches in seven days with Alamogul in Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota (all new states for me) I decided to stop off in Denver between flights and drive up to Wyoming for one more new state. I primarily wanted to log the webcams in Cheyenne and Laramie, but I also logged eight virtual caches en route and one regular cache on the continental divide. Thanks to the CO's for all these great caches!