Sunday, May 10, 2009

Lazy 5 Ranch / African Safari in North Carolina

Saturday, while Marie's brother and mom were in town, we visited a zoo in Mooreville. We were trying to think of things to do and Marie found it online. We were uncertain at first, but were pleasantly surprised when we got there. For only $8.50 a person you can drive a trail that has a bunch of different animals roaming freely around the area. There weren't any cages (except for the giraffes and rhino), so the animals would literally come right up to your car. This was fun because we were able to see them up close, but bad because they would block the road. Here are some of the animals we saw. Vote on your favorite!


Animal 1 - Billy goat (I think?). This little guy decided to headbutt my car when I gave his brother (or cousin, I didn't bother to ask) food instead of him. I was not too happy, but Marie thought it was hilarious.




Animal 2 - Rhino. The Rhino was contained and wasn't able to walk right up to our car. However, I don't think he had the energy to do anything judging by the look of him.



Animal 3 - Gazelle. There were tons of these all over the place. There were adults and babies walking and laying around. Some of them were hesitant to approach the car.



Animal 4 - Zebra. There were a few Zebras around. This one stopped in front of us, then walked over to Marie's side of the and stuck his head in. She freaked. It was funny to see.




Animal 5 - Water Buffalo (again, maybe?). For only $3.00 you got a large bucket of food to feed the animals. Trevor had his hand out the window and gave this guy a snack.



Animal 6 - Giraffe. These guys were also fenced in, but Marie was still able to reach them by standing through my sunroof. She has the food bucket out and is feeding one of them.





Animal 7 - Pot belly pig. These guys were scattered all over the place as well and were probably the most populated in the zoo. This picture was of a baby piglet and about the size of Deucey. Also, none of us have gotten sick yet, so I don't think we contracted the Swine Flu from this visit.


Overall, it was a great day and a great trip. We had a lot of fun with the animals and would definitely go back.

1 comment:

judy said...

I'll vote for the Zebra that freaked Marie out! =o}
A llllooonnnngggg time ago we drove through a zoo like this in Canada. Monkey's ripped the loose trim off of the car in front of us... and the Giraffes were not caged, so I got freaked by a giraffe that tried to stick his (her?) head in on my side.