So remember growing up when you could go drive your car around the Wild Animal Park or Wild Rivers and the animals would come up to your car and try to climb in your windows....and it one parked itself right in front of you, you couldn't go anywhere until they decided to move. Well, this place is like that....except much less dangerous-type animals...but still crazy and wild.
Just so happened there was one right in SA! I was excited to go since it had been forever since I had been to one of these parks. It was very Jurassic Park looking as we drove up....bought our animal food....and drove in! The first animals we came to were the buffalo and the cows. Yes, cows. Ok, there were some longhorns too, after all, it is Texas...what do you expect. They were all pretty domicle and very uninterested in our vehicle...or our food....or us in general. Which was fine by me...I was not going to get tricked into feeding some cows when I know there are things such as zebras & emu's down the road! And there used to be a fully stocked buffalo ranch down the street from me in AZ, so everyday I drove by on my way to work and waved (in my head, not actually waved out the window) to the buffalo. That is until the property sold to a developer and they built a whole subdivision on it...which by the way are gorgeous houses...but I really miss those buffalo. But that is for another post another day! Anways, back to the buffalos at hand. So, out of respect for these poor guys, I took some pics so they felt like they were just as interesting as all those other animals in the wild!
These guys amused us and came up to the car looking for food. Drake almost emptied his whole bag because he was so excited that he could feed them by hand....even though I warned him to save some for the rest of the trip. He held back a little....but these guys were persistent!
The Texas terrain....actually there were really pretty views from up here...all pretty flat with little rolling hills, but it allowed you to see off into the distance.
OK, NOW WE ARE TALKING!!!!! Here comes the most exciting part of the trip!!! This sign is no joke. Those zebras are aggressive!! So, we decided there are some newbies here (or just slightly less intelligent), and there are some veterans here (or just slightly more intelligent). As with humans, I guess!! Haha! Anyways, as soon as we drove up, they made a mad dash for the car....luckily we had a Chevy Acadia so we were up higher, and felt a little more secure! It was actually a little intimidating watching them approach, but we were excited!
Now this guy, he is a veteran here....or just one of the slightly more intelligent zebras in the bunch. Lets just say he knew how to get himself fed!! He walked up to Drake's side of the car (behind me) and went to the window and just opened his mouth...WIDE open! He didn't encroach, he didn't try to jump in the car, he didn't try to bite....he just sat there calmly with his mouth open waiting for the prize. So Drake would throw some food in there and he would chew it up and open back up. Now, itsn't that an amazing thing to do, if ya just want some food?!
Alright...now this guy is on the other end of the spectrum. He came over to Vince's window. He didn't know the rules, or how to get himself fed. He stuck his whole head right in the car and was fishing around for some food. Vince kept trying to get him out of the car and feed him from a distance, but he didn't get it. So, he was literally all up in Vince's face....so Vince rolled up his window. And what does this intelligent creature do?? Starts chewing on the rubber frame around the window!! Haha!!! Thank goodness for rentals. However, he never did get himself some real food.....he needs some lessons.
Back to the veterans...these guys knew how to get it done!!!
Next up...the ostriches. This one creeped me out! When he saw us driving towards him, he camee running at the car, straight on. It looked like an alien. I swore we were going to be attacked. But he moved over to Vince's side window. Those long creepy necks are just strange, and their eyes are strange, and they look at you strange. It was wierd, and I never realized how wierd these creatures are! Anyways, he came up to us and just stuck his head in the car. And it was scary because his neck was so long and he looked like he would peck you in the face. They don't look nice.
So, Drake ended rolling up his window cuz he wasn't all about this thing pecking him in the face. But really wanted to feed him so rolled the window down halfway and this guy turns his head and sticks it in the car....again creepy!
The llama's were cute...and seemed a little dumb. They were slow and looked like they were drugged or half sleep.
The emu's just helped themselves to the bag of food....they seemed nice and wanted the whole bag more than just a nugget here & there.
After the drive thru, you can get out of the car and walk up to the giraffe cages. They couldn't climb all up in your car, and you couldn't feed these guys. They are wierd also though!!! Their tongues are CRAZY LONG!!! And they always have slobber and spit dripping from their mouths. And it was windy, so there were long strains of spit flying all over the place. I swear we were going to get hit! It was gross....and again, wierd!
This guy spent the whole time licking the side of the house. Yup, again, who knows....maybe it was sprayed with candy or something delish....or maybe he was just special. I don't know....again, wierd.
This guy kept looking at me...which was slightly intriguing and slightly scary all at the same time!
Baby llama's....in the petting zoo...they were sooooo cute!!
This one kept chewing on Drake's shirt....which he first thought was funny and cool, then it freaked him out!
SO, WOW!!! What a day at the park!!! Who knew......it was a definitely MUST-DO if you are in San Antonio though....highlight of the trip...besides the whole Paisley & family part!!! Nothing really tops that...however this was pretty fun & exciting!! Drake had a blast & said about 100x's how cool it was!
