Pineville Safari???

Last Monday, we decided to head over to the new attraction near town, Gone Wild Safari. We weren't sure what we would find. I mean really...what does one do in Alexandria, Louisiana??? It's not near New Orleans by a long shot and it's even further from any kind of beach attraction (if Louisiana really has something like a "beach attraction"). Once we arrived at the safari, we were pleasantly surprised. They had quite a few animals and we could actually feed them. We thought that Tate would really enjoy feeding them, but he preferred to stay at a distance.

Because it was a Monday, we were able to have the place to ourselves. Initially, we took a bus ride around the premises. Once we entered, we soon discovered we had a stalker who enjoyed eating A LOT.

Here's our first encounter. Of course, he met us at the gate...



Feeding him may not have been my best decision of the day, but what was done was done.



He won't leave!

Tate liked watching the camel from a distance.

Here we are watching the buffaloes. These buffaloes reminded me of our trip to Alaska when we encountered a wild herd grazing alongside the road.

Colt liked watching too.

Of course Tate would watch Ed feed the animals from well inside the bus.

We tried to have Ed feed the animals with Tate beside him, but he decided to run away and Ed was left to feed the animals alone.

Tate watching the Emu.

Oh, did I mention that the first camel brought back up??? Yes, he had a partner-in-crime that liked to stalk our bus too. I must say that the second camel wasn't as aggressive, but she still wanted our food.

Tate finally is brave and decided that it was okay to feed the animals. Or...maybe he would just feed the small animals???

I just like this picture of the giraffe.

Here's Tate feeding more animals. I'm not sure if you can tell it or not, but Tate ultimately dumped the food out.

Here's a couple of miscellaneous pictures. Ed took this one of Tate and Colt "playing" together. Colt loves to watch Tate run around and at times Tate will play peekaboo with Colt. It's so cute!

Here's Ed with the boys...