Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Lion's and Tigers... or maybe just giraffes and zebras!

Saturday morning before Mere's wedding we went to "The Farm" in Walnut Creek. Mom treated us and we even went on the wagon ride! It was just amazing - and even cooler to know it's right there in HC!

Here's Aiden our tour guide - and the horses Rita and _____ The ride lasted about an hour and a half.


They warned me about taking a stroller on the wagon - that they couldn't guarantee that the animals wouldn't grab it - but I assured them - he was MUCH safer in the stroller than trying to bounce all around the wagon. I don't think any of us would have enjoyed the wagon ride at all had he been "free" Notice the sweatshirts - yeah, who would have thought we'd have to dress this way in JULY!


One of the other wagons going by.


Jody and her new best friend


Check out that over-bite!


Kason's new trick - pointing at everything... there was plenty to point at on this trip!

Alpacas
The beautiful rolling hills


A momma and her baby

Uh Oh - looks like someone is a little close to the bucket....


mmmm - tasty, and we're feeding this to the animals? Oh Kason....


ZEBRA'S!

Just amazing,beautiful creatures!

I love this picture! Lets you see how close we were to these guys! The Zebra's were the only 4 legged animals we couldn't feed out of our hands - they bite!

The Ostriches running up to the wagon - it kind of scared me for a minute seeing them run towards us - you almost expected them to attack!


The king on the mountain


Baby Llama


Potbellied pig and 2 of her babies


Billy Goats Gruff


Kaid trying to feed the baby ones


When the wagon would move again this is what it looked like behind us with all the animals getting the food dropped.





This cow was so obnoxious! He was constantly sticking his tongue out at us to beg for food! He almost got Jody's butt at one point.... :)


What a beautiful animal - a HUGE Elk - Rambo


Kaidrie trying to keep the animals from reaching their noses in the wagon to eat out of her bucket.


Mom trying to point out the food to the Elk - sorry mom, I don't think he understood.


Kason loved watching them - They would come so close to his toes to get the food on the wagon.


A Bison feeding her baby


The last place we went was to see the giraffes! It was amazing to be that up close with such a beautiful BIG animal! They are such gentle animals and ate right out of our buckets! Here I am giving one a bite to eat!


The little guy - so cute.


Mimi and Avery give it a try.


Kason relaxing and watching the show




Kaid was a little overwhelmed by the giraffes and although she love watching them, didn't want to give the feeding a try.


I love this picture!


After our buckets were empty they went back to doing their thing.


After the wagon ride they had an area to walk around to see some other animals - they had everything from ducks, birds, monkeys, turtles, porcupines, and Kangaroos.

A momma Kanga with her Joey


After the trip - can you tell we got a little wet - it was beautiful at this point of the day, but it was a drizzly mess most of the morning.



One of the monkeys




Polly want a cracker...


Whew - I'm lookin good :) Yeah, glad I didn't shower before this trip - the rain and animal stink and slime - gross!
As you can see the landscaping was amazing also!


Jody and Avery - what a sweet picture of them!



After seeing all of the animals they had an Amish barn and house you could tour. We went in the house to get some amazing home baked cookies - they were yummy! I would definitely recommend this trip to anyone! It was a blast for all ages!

1 comment:

Jody Proper said...

Great photos....great time! Sorry about the one video I didn't know you were videoing :(