Lion Country Safari

This morning we went to Lion Country Safari with Jules, J & Meg (the kids call her Maggie). I had never been there before. Rea went once ("when she was 3") with Grammie. Rea was super excited to go back... Ri just wanted to see Maggie. In fact, it was the promise of seeing Maggie that got Ri dressed and out the door this morning.

We paid (a LOT) and drove through the safari. It is expensive, but it is pretty awesome.

 The lions were actually awake! It was pretty cool to see them up and moving since they sleep for almost 20 hours each day. They were the only animals that had a separation fence between them and us... this upset Rea who wanted to see them up close and personal.

The ostriches were feeling frisky. These two were playing a game of tag.

Zebras! There were "like a million" according to Rea.

The rhinos are HUGE! And they wander in and out of cars like we aren't even there. It was cool!

And the safari ends with my personal faves: GIRAFFES!!! YAY!

Look at that tall one! 16 feet!! He makes the others look so small.

After the drive-thru safari, we parked and went in the amusement park.

Ril would have ridden the train all day if we had let him.

 The kids got to feed some sheep. Then Maggie took them into the petting zoo.

 The highlight of Rea's morning was riding a camel. She talked about it for most of the safari and asked incessantly for it until we finally made it over there.

The camel's name is Sam.

It was totally impossible to get the 3 munchkins together for a photo. Oh well. 

Merry-Go-Rounds are always a crowd pleaser! 

 The last thing we did was the ferris wheel. Only 4 peeps to each gondola, so our group was split up.

Thanks Jules, J & Maggie for a really fun day! We LOVED it!