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We had a great time at the Enchanted Forest this weekend. I must say it was a refreshing experience and not at all what I was expecting. Although the park is a little unique in many respects, it still takes you back in time a bit to the days where you could go experience something like this for a few hours. The rides may have been a bit different and the storybook reinactments were downright creepy, but the grounds were nice enough and the place had a friendly air to it that you won't find at the happiest place on earth.

The gift shop was also worth a trip in itself. They had all the classic gift store fare. The line of Adam's novelties (even the rubber chocolate doughnut, I know, I was shocked too), thimbles, spoons, and magnets to memorialize your trip of your refrigerator. Bear got a keychain with the little miss muffet sculpture on it (by the way she looks like she has just nodded off to the eternal sleep) and I went for the playing cards. Because you never know when you need enchanted cards. You can even visit the gift shop virtually, so go check it out.

It was really a pleasure being able to interview Jeremy Smith, the illustrator behind Zoo Force. If you haven't read the interview yet, be sure to check it out here. If you don't know what Zoo Force is, then you should definitely go straight out and purchase a copy of a Zoo Force novel. The combination of zany story telling, layers and layers of different illustration styles and the coloring pages in the back make it well worth the investment. You can purchase Zoo Force online at www.candlelightpress.com.