Going on Safari!

Today we went on a spontaneous trip to the Lazy 5 Ranch, a local "safari"! We drove along a trail through wandering exotic animals whom we could feed from our car. John absolutely loved it. The joy on his face was so delightful for us. We took various videos, but John always stopped his hooting and animal noises when we were recording.

We were too nervous to open the windows for the aggressive ostriches:

Herds of pigs roamed everywhere:



There were many species of deer-like animals:


The watering hold was full of water buffalo, including one who had nothing but his nostrils poking above the water:


I have a fondness for buffalo because of my mother's side of the family coming from Nebraska:

We were not allowed to feed the water buffalo and long-horn cattle, so I was a little nervous when this cow with scary-looking horns came so close to us:
Llama:

Giraffe:
Here you can see that Mama was pretty nervous about the zebra (and, really, any animal trying to get into the window on her side of the vehicle):

After driving through the trail, we parked and walked through a little zoo. Among these adorable lemurs was a mama nursing her three tiny babies:
A beautiful moat of a coy pond surrounded the lemur island:
We all saw our first porcupine in the flesh. "Pine-pine!"
Camels: