Monday, April 30, 2012

Little Zoo Animals!

Yesterday, Katie and I took the girls to the Gentry Drive Thru Safari! Katie got to the house and we loaded up the car then stopped by Wal-Mart to get food for a picnic lunch. We got stuff for sandwiches, chips and dip, cookies, and fruit cups for the girls. We arrived to the zoo and got out to let the girls get in the front seat with us. ** You only drive like 5 mph thru the countryside to it is ok for them to sit up front. We had to do a couple of picture poses first!
They love each other!


We drove thru the safari and go to see deer, buffalo, lions, tigers, bears, an alligator, hippo, and rhino! Meanwhile, several emu birds came pecking at the window. I don't if it was the time of year or something else, but there weren't as many animals out as usual. In the past, we have seen tons of emus, llamas, and camels walking about. Last time, we even had a Texas Longhorn lick our car window! However, the girls still enjoyed it!

After the driver thru, we parked our car and headed to the pavilion for the picnic lunch. There were 2 chickens and a rooster walking around and the girls could no nothing but watch them. When the chickens would get close they would start screaming at them. Once we were done with lunch the girls each got $1 to buy animal feed. Then we headed to the goat pen! Gracyn took a minute or two to warm up to the goats but then came to love them!

She loved this little, black goat.


This little piggy wanted in on some of the action!


Counting the kangaroos! 
Look under the picnic table and you will see a Mama Hen and her little chicks!


Observing the lemurs. These little guys were so much fun! A baby lemur had gotten out of his mama's cage and was putting on a show for everyone! The mama lemur kept trying to grab him and pull him back in. We all had a blast watching the little guy!


The last thing to do was ride the camel and ponies! This is Jewel the camel. The entire way around the track you could hear Caroline asking why the camel had a towel on!


We had a couple of falls by both girls, Gracyn got her finger pinched in the fence, and we had a couple of fits, but overall we had a great time! I can't even imagine what our beach vacation is going to be like in August, but I am excited to find out!

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