Thursday, January 6, 2011

Safari!!

On our way back from Fairfield last Tuesday, Mira and I finally stopped at the Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari! We've been saying we should stop everytime we pass it on our way to and from Fairfield (it's about 10 minutes south of Henderson, TX). It was pretty awesome, and we will definitely be visiting again!

We had a lot of fun feeding and watching the animals (although, next time, we will buy about 3 extra bags of food because we ran out way too early)! We laughed a lot along the way - as you can see in the videos!

Fallow Deer

Blackbuck (Antelope)

Mira got to sit up front, drive, feed the animals, and meet them face-to-face!

Some deer at the Catfish Pond

Watusi - I know it looks fake, but he's legit!

The ostrich wouldn't stay still long enough to get a clear picture.

Canadian Wood Bison - SO BIG!!

Bison Calf - still pretty BIG!

Lechwe (Antelope)

The emu wouldn't let us pass! It took us about 10 minutes to get from this point to that curve in the road ahead!

What an adorable fawn!! Look at those eyes - pleading for food we didn't have! So sad! This is why we will buy extra food next time!

Zebra running to greet us!

I llove llama.

This pair was crazy. See video below.

Ollie the Dromedary Arabian Camel

Mira got some stuffed llama at the gift shop (a momma llama and a baby llama).

The three of them took a nap after all that excitement!


Mira says "Hi" to a friendly Donkey

Some deer duking it out.

Turkey Trot

The Camel created a diversion while the crazy llama snuck up on us!


We also saw tons of ducks, a couple of geese (named Laverne and Shirley), other types of deer, and some Wildebeast in the distance. There are other animals, such as alligators, water buffalos, and kangaroo that we didn't see that day. All the more reason to go back!!

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