The girls have been on fall break for the last two weeks and since we really haven't done anything really exciting we decided to go to Out of Africa yesterday. It is a wildlife preserve/refuge in Camp Verde,AZ (about 2 hours north). They have a tram/bus that lets you feed a giraffe and camel. Then on to a petting area with 2 large ball paythons to pet. The kids love this, I think since their mom is willing to pet or pick up just about anything they have no fears :)
We went to tiger splash where the tigers and keepers go play in a large grass area with a pool. It is so neat to see because nothing is scripted or trained it is all free play for the tigers. I always feel so bad at the zoo and love places like this because the animals have been rescued and are still in a habitat as close to their normal habitat as possible.
We got to catch a few cute moments with the keepers going in with the tigers and to see how they looked like huge babies sucking on the keepers fingers! We saw baby grizzly bears that were the cutest things ever. The last part of the trip was watching them feed the lions, tigers, hyenas, bears and cougars. They call each animal by name :) and throw LARGE chunks of meat over the fence to them. It is so funny to hear the noises they make as they hear the trucks coming with dinner.
The kids were all so tired by the end of the day yet no one feel asleep in the car! Definately a fun day trip! So glad we were able to go, even more glad that our friends the Dyers were able to join us.
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