An African Safari from the comfort of your car--
We spent a delightful day at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center with my parents while they were visiting with us this past June. Fossil Rim is a 1,800-acre, not-for-profit conservation center in Glen Rose, Texas that specializes in captive breeding programs for endangered and threatened animal species. Some of these endangered animals include the cheetah, black rhino, white rhino, red wolf and Attwater's Prairie Chicken. Fossil Rim is home to over 50 different species. Visitors can enjoy a leisurely and scenic drive while observing animals living in a near-natural environment.
We thoroughly enjoyed our close encounters with endangered and exotic wildlife on the 9 mile-loop. At the visitor's station at the front of the park, you can purchase bags of feed to hand feed some of the animals. Season passes are available, as well as discounted tickets every Wednesday. For more information: http://www.fossilrim.org/index.php
We spent a delightful day at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center with my parents while they were visiting with us this past June. Fossil Rim is a 1,800-acre, not-for-profit conservation center in Glen Rose, Texas that specializes in captive breeding programs for endangered and threatened animal species. Some of these endangered animals include the cheetah, black rhino, white rhino, red wolf and Attwater's Prairie Chicken. Fossil Rim is home to over 50 different species. Visitors can enjoy a leisurely and scenic drive while observing animals living in a near-natural environment.
We thoroughly enjoyed our close encounters with endangered and exotic wildlife on the 9 mile-loop. At the visitor's station at the front of the park, you can purchase bags of feed to hand feed some of the animals. Season passes are available, as well as discounted tickets every Wednesday. For more information: http://www.fossilrim.org/index.php
The giraffes were by far our favorite animals. They were completely uninhibited and would come right up to your car and eat out of your hands. Their tongues are LONG and BLUE!
Lauren didn't want to feed the giraffe, but enjoyed petting it. Kaden was more than happy to be the sole guy handing out the food.
This was an interesting exchange to witness. An adult zebra came between a mother and her colt. This swift kick to the haunch was the result. Guess zebra mommies are protective of their babies too.
Kevin's favorite photo. How many of you can stick your tongue in your nose?
This little guy freaked us all out a little bit. He was very aggressive and would pretty much chase our car down looking for a hand out. We tried to stay clear of these guys as much as possible.
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5 comments:
Your blog is so amazing! The photos are incredible! Love the one about mom and dad... we sure are lucky to have them as parents! How do you do the collage of pictures? It looks great!
AWESOME PICTURES - WOW!!!!!!! That looked like SO much fun!!
I loved the wild animal pictures, looks like you all went to the other side of the world to take those shots. How fun for the kids!
Sounds like fun. We may have to go exploring. We loved the pictures-especially the giraffe!
my kids would love this place. Rach loves giraffes!
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