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| The camel and I had an instant connection ;) |
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| Jen with Cathedral Rocks |
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| The giraffe wanted a kiss too |
Sedona, Arizona
We are taking a family trip and not visiting family. It doesn't happen very often but Daron, Addy and I wanted a low key and close to home get away. In fact, Addy had been wanting to go to a "'otel & 'cation" (hotel and vacation) for quite awhile. Of course the second day she wanted to play with her friends and this morning she wanted to go home. After things started rolling again she adjusted just fine.The safari/animal sanctuary was by far the highlight. The downside was it was like 100 degrees and flipping HOT. Addy was a bit freaked out with feeding the giraffe and camel but as you can see I fed them from my mouth. Hey the tour guide suggested it and I had to try it. The camel had whiskers and the giraffe had a 16 inch tongue. Both animals had very accurate aim though so I didn't get slobbered on. Ok maybe a little by the giraffe but his tongue was rough like a cats and he had had eye surgery recently! The people in Sedona are friendly and the customer service is nice since there isn't any in Kanab! We went to two popular eateries (Oak Creek Brewery and Pub at Tlaquepaque and Picazzo's) and we were not impressed. That was a major bummer seeing as that we were looking for some good food. I must say the ambiance was nice at both restaurants and so was the beer ;) I of course had a headache the first night from driving and being at the Safari place all day so I didn't drink til day two when we went to the brewery. Then I ordered a beer that had the aftertaste of bananas and cloves. Yuck. Needless to say I turned it in for a much lighter non fruity beer.
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| Addy took a picture of mom and dad in Tlaquepaque. |
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| The highlight was our Out of Africa tour and I think I had more fun than Addy. |
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| Lions are around the corner but she kept wanting to go back and see this little lizard. |
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| Zebras one of her favorites. We couldn't hand feed them because they bite. |
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| Addy catching tadpoles and Red Rock park and relocating them - the puddles were drying up. |
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| Kinda like an African longhorn. |
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| OMG this hyena was growling at a boy who was teasing him it was kinda spooky. They are pretty amazing and BIG close up. |
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| Church at Tlaquepaque |
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| Baby Zebra kicked out of herd by father so he doesn't mate with the mother. Yikes. |
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| At this Sanctuary you could get REALLY close to the animals. White tiger and this lioness are best friends. |
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| Cathedral Rocks in background. Daron is in river but you can only see his head. |
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| Addy and mom with Big Black Bear! |
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| Beautiful black panther. |
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| Tiger splash where the staff entice the white tiger with balloon toys. I was waiting for an attack so we could post it on youtube. Ha. It was cool but probably not the smartest game to play. |
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| There were two grizzlies in a different area their fence was MUCH taller ;) |
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| Finally a hotel room. She was up past midnight jabbering while Daron and I kept falling asleep. UGH! Granted she slept the whole three hour drive. |
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| I fed the giraffe who I adore by holding a biscuit in my mouth. |
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| Addy and Daron at the Oak Creek Brewery |
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| Addy at Red Rock Park with major sun tan lotion on! |
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| Driving after dinner one evening. |
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| Addy and I shopping |
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| The safari area where they do the tiger splash. The tiger could just barely see the hyenas and he was very interested in them. |
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| This kid held a rock up and the hyenas thought it was food. They were pissed. |
