Wildlife Safari

We made it to the Wildlife Safari.  The outing that was planned happened, although not the way it was planned.  We are pretty sure Dave was with us every bit of the way.  The weather was perfect.  There were very few people going through when we did.  We got to see some absolutely cool things.
And then there is the story of the pond.  Connor ran off to chase ducks.  I kept telling him not to and rounding him up.  Well he didn't listen to me and ran to the other side of the pond with the duck.  Next thing I know we hear him freaking out.  He had fallen in the pond.  Standing up he was in water to his butt.  I took a picture first and then helped him out.  He agreed that perhaps in the future he won't chase ducks and fall in ponds.
After doing the walk part we got in the car and did the drive part.  Got to the lion area and sat there for a good fifteen minutes watching this male lion work like heck to get part of a carcass off a chain.  And then he did.  The other three lions made a grab for the chunk he didn't have.  There was growling and fighting and then kind of a truce.  The big lion took his piece way up to the corner of the enclosure.  We could not have timed that better and have never seen it close up.
We drove by lots of birds and animals.  We realized that the dangerous animals were still in enclosures, like the cats and the bears.
We didn't have to wait for very many animals on the road.  Audrie did get a little apprehensive though when an ostrich sauntered up to the car and looked like it was going to poke its head in her window.  He just wanted to say hello.
And then we got to the cat area.  Oh my.  The cheetahs were gorgeous.  But nothing compared to the Sumatran Tigers.  That face.  Again our timing was perfect.  They had an encounter group who got to stand by the fence while they fed the cats through the fence.  Well we were parked right by the fence so got to see it all without the price tag attached to it.  Absolutely fabulous.
And so my littles have a great memory.  I have a great memory. Because creating memories is what is all about.