African Safari

On Sunday, Matt, Cara, Landon and I decided to head to the African Safari. It is near Sandusky, about an hour away from where we live. We had never been before, but heard it was a lot of fun. You get food for the animals, drive in your car, and the animals just come right up to your car and window and eat from you. Cara and I were a little intimidated by huge animals coming up to us and sticking their heads in the car. We also weren't sure if Landon would like it or not, so we decided to sit on both sides of him in the back seat. We saw HUGE animals at first. I really didn't like them being that close to me and Landon didn't like them at all. However, once we got past the big animals, he enjoyed the smaller ones better. I think if we would have seen the smaller animals first, it would have given Landon a chance to warm up to the bigger ones. Matt did the majority of the feeding to the animals, but Landon liked to throw carrots out the window to the zebras and giraffes. He would say, "I did it. They are happy now!" It was really cute and I'm glad we went to experience it all.

This was the first animal we saw and it literally stuck it's whole head in the backseat of the car right by me. I was trying to remain calm at this point but Landon was screaming. I just told Matt to drive and get us out of there!

This was the second animal that came up to us, still huge! Matt was the only one that fed this one, but they ate right out of your hand or cup.

Isn't it crazy how they just stick their heads in your car?

The smaller ones were much more fun for us!

Landon loved the stripes on the zebras and loved to throw them carrots out the window, as long as they didn't get too close!

The zebras and giraffes were behind fences, they weren't just roaming about like the other animals.

Landon also liked the giraffes and didn't mind when they stuck their heads in the sun roof to eat from Matt!

After we drove around, we got out to walk around and look at some more animals in cages. They also had pony rides and camel rides for the kids but Landon wasn't interested in either of those. Getting a ride on Daddy's shoulders to see more animals.

Playing on a rock with Mommy

We took lunch with us and had a picnic while we were there. Cara really did go with us, but we did not do a good job at all of taking pictures...Sorry Cara!

Landon enjoying his ice cream cone on the way home

All worn out after our fun trip