Fossil Rim

So Joel chauffered while we hung out in the back of the Tahoe, throwing out food to all the animals! We were warned that the zebras might bite, but didn't get close enough to them anyway. The ostriches were pretty fiesty and would have climbed in the car if they could have, I'm sure... we pretty much fed them and said "Go, Joel, Go!" LOTS of deer. All different kinds - can't even remember all the official names, but the girls really liked seeing "reindeer" and "big Bambi's", so it was still pretty cool...

Our chauffer and the birthday girl!

They were running after us!

I think they were smiling at each other!
Always with the goofy grin!

The girls got to pet this one's horns - crazy!

Then MY favorite part - the giraffes! Only one made it to the car, but it was so cool! Can't imagine what this was like for the people we saw hanging out in the open back of their truck - I've heard these guys can slobber on you! I think we had just enough cover... :)

I would like to say that Adelyn has "giraffe lashes" - check them out! People are always telling me what long lashes she has... if she'll only be so lucky that they stay that way!

So we did the petting zoo halfway through the drive, and on the second half of the trip most of the animals were napping already. The cheetahs in the conservatory were hard to see in the grass, and the rhinos were not up next to the road, so i didn't get very good pictures of them. As the ostriches were waiting for us at the end we knew this was a place we will be back to visit soon!