That is a sentence I never expected to say, but I said it today. There were several zebras in the road, and a camel, and a buffalo, several deer and goats, and a lot of other things that I do not know the names of.
Today we went to the Topsey Exotic Ranch. It is a "drive through safari" with over 50 species of animals. It is only about 8 miles from our house. Even though we knew about it, today was the first time we had checked it out. It was pretty cool.
My favorite part was probably being behind this van full of teenage girls who screamed every time the animals stuck their heads into the car--which they do often because you are feeding them! They were hilarious.
What is this thing with the pointy horns??? I would love to know. I saw a couple of them in a ranch on the way to church one day and I have no idea what it is or why people have them. Anyone know??
And what kind of deer have such big horns and still have spots like bambi??
I kept wanting to call this guy Marco.
Go Herd!
Yes, it is weird to take pictures through the rearview mirror but it was the only way to be both driver and photographer.
They also had a petting zoo. We were pretty hot and tired by that time though so we did not stay long.
B was done. No petting for her.
But E was chasing the cutest baby goat I ever saw.
See? It is a goat, isn't it?
It was a really neat place. The kids enjoyed it. I took TONS of pictures.
This was the scariest thing I saw. These things had the most evil eyes I have ever seen. And this was the only picture I took of one. You can't even see the evil--but it was there!
Just for PaPaw, it a javelina! Mean little things I guess - since he was fenced in like the tiger.
Okay, what was this? He needs a haircut.
What are these? Did we not learn about animals in school? I must not have been listening.
2 comments:
HEY STEF! WOW!!!!! I REALLY LOVED THIS POST! I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN AFRICA FOR A MINUTE...AND UNTIL YOU LET US KNOW YOU WERE ON A SAFARI TRAIL...I THOUGHT ZEBRAS ACTUALLY RAN OUT IN THE ROAD JUST LIKE A NORMAL EVERY DAY THING IN TEXAS. LOL...
THOSE ARE GREAT PICS...I GOT A BIG LAUGH AND LOTS OF SMILES OUT OF THIS. I TOTALLY LIKE THE SHOT THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR...THAT WAS CREATIVE. I LOVE ALL THE ANIMALS...I REALLY LIKE THE CUTE LITTLE GOAT...AWWW....AND THE CAMEL...AND ALL OF THEM...AND YOU MADE ME ALMOST LAUGH OUT LOUD TALKING ABOUT THE ANIMAL NEEDING A HAIRCUT...WHICH IT DOES, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S SO HOT IN TEXAS...THAT WAS A NICE SAFARI ADVENTURE...TOO BAD WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE 8 MILES FROM OUR HOUSE! LOL...THANKS FOR SHARING THAT WITH US BLOGGERS FROM BACK HOME...WE NEED ALL THE EXCITEMENT WE CAN GET AROUND HERE! LOL...YOU MUST HAVE A REALLY NICE CAMERA TO GET GOOD SHOTS LIKE THAT. LOOKS LIKE YOU WERE RIGHT IN THEIR FACE! WELL THANKS AGAIN! I'LL PROBABLY COME BACK AND LOOK AT THEM SOME MORE! THOSE ARE ANIMALS YOU DON'T GET TO SEE EVERYDAY LOL...TTYL
YOUR FFBH,
A.K.
Hi Stef - Nice to "meet" you! This place looks amazing...I went someplace similar as a kid but I can't remember where it was. I still have great memories of being SO CLOSE to the exotic animals.
I'm looking forawrd to reading more of your posts. Do you have THREE redheads? I read recently that redheads could be extict by the year 2100. Crazy, huh?
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