While we were in Texas the first weekend in May, we went to Fossil Rim - essentially, a safari-like experience, where you drive your car through some amazing animals in a not-quite zoo setting. You get to feed them, and you can see from the previous pictures that I posted that we got up close and personal with the giraffes!
Unfortunately, my "good" camera died shortly thereafeter. These images were taken from my cell phone, and capture the last part of our tour, as well as a few other tidbits from our time in Texas!
On Safari, the last of the "major" animals we saw were Zebras! As we were leaving the park, though, there was an Emu hanging out by the entrance. I had Kiddo "dump" the rest of the food. Well, this Emu must have been hungry because after the food was gone, the Emu stuck his head in the car and grabbed the empty brown bag right out of Kiddo's fingers! A little scary, but very funny!
Here, Grandpa took Kiddo on a tractor ride. And Baby-G was enjoying some of the crumbling muffins that her Grandma T had made!
"The Farm" where Grandma T and Grandpa D live in Texas has TWO ponds. This picture shows that the back pond has no water. I have never seen it empty! Good thing they don't have any cows on their property at the moment- they would be expensive to keep watered!
Another special treat- helping Grandpa wind the grandfather clock. Not all grandkids have been able to get this close to the precious clock!
We also enjoyed picking some of the onions right out of Grandpa's garden for dinner. Grilled onions on top of steak - YUM! Probably some of the freshest onions I've ever had in my lifetime...
The kids were pretty good on both plane-ride segments.
And here, a pretty cool picture that was painted by my brother-in-law!
