Wildlife Safari in Winston

We got started a little late this morning for the Wildlife Safari. I wanted to be there when it opened at 9:00, but that's about when we ended up leaving the hotel, an hour away.

We stayed at the Safari from the time we got there at 10:00 until they closed at 6:00. We drove through the park twice and went all through the walk-through exhibits, but also did lots of extras.

We had our van washed by an elephant. The elephant squirted water on the van from its trunk, then picked up a sponge and wiped the van, and finally rinsed it by spraying from its trunk again. No, the van didn't get very clean, but Alex LOVED getting sprayed by an African elephant. (Elephants Have ALWAYS been his favorite animals and African elephants have always been his favorite elephants. He's always a little upset because most zoo elephants are Asian because they are smaller, less high-strung, and easier and safer to work with.)

We went on an elephant barn tour where we got to see the inside of the elephant barn, but also feed and pet the elephants. Alex got to ride a dromedary camel. We rode a train around part of the Safari. We went to the Cheetah keeper talk.

I think the highlight of the Safari for Alex was a prank we pulled on Tiffany. We had done this several years ago, the last time we were at the Safari, and he talked about doing it all day. Finally, just before leaving, we pulled it off. Tiffany dozed off the second time through the park; we pulled up next to a female Emu (a very ugly, evil-looking animal that I call a 'Devil Bird') and let it stick its face right up to Tiffany's open window, then woke her up. I know it was a cruel thing, but she took it well, and Alex is STILL laughing about it, hours later.

When the Safari closed we decided we wanted to stay close to Bandon tonight, so I made reservations for Comfort Inn in Coos Bay and we headed out. We pulled in to the hotel about 9:00; we were all hungry, but too tired to go out. On top of that, Alex had some homework that he had to finish this weekend, so we ordered Domino's and he did his homework while we waited for the delivery.

I wrote this blog as I ate the pizza; I'm now more than ready to go to sleep.

Tomorrow we'll be hitting the Bandon Game Farm (billed as the world's largest petting zoo).

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