<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAs I pulled into the driveway, two big balls of brown fur ran out in front of my car, and I hit the brakes in a panic. I let out a sigh of relief; it would have been pretty bad if I had hit a reindeer as I entered the Running Reindeer Ranch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was here to go on a walk with reindeer through the boreal forest. I think I had been dreaming of this moment since I was 8 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back then, I would beg my mother in December to take us to Bergner\u2019s department store in Peoria to see the reindeer in the basement. They kept them inside the store in a little pen with hay bales. I thought it was the coolest thing ever despite the smell. Now I look back on that experience as an adult and question what Bergner was thinking about keeping animals in the store \u2013 but I digress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>Surprising Reindeer Behavior<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAs reindeer roamed freely in the Running Reindeer Ranch yard and around the cars, the owner, Jane, greeted us and started filling our heads with fascinating reindeer facts.<\/p>\n\n\n