Lion Country, Tiger Country and the Birds

Seriously. We got to enter an area in our car, through a ridiculously high chain link fence, topped with barbed wire, a guard tower and gates controlled by the guard tower to the Lion country. Lions and Lioness's sleeping in the shade (they had just eaten, so they were sleepy). No widows down. Awesome to see. 20 feet from our car. Here's a pic of Dan for perspective.

Then, we entered a different area that was Tiger Country. We got to see Bengal Tigers sleeping, walking and swimming. Truly amazing. Then we entered an area with Asian Bears and Peacocks!

After that, we parked the car and got to walk around the Park in the safe area. We got to see Chimpanzee's, a Cowboy Stunt Show that everyone loved (even though Kylie thought it was too loud), ate thai fried chicken on rice (thank the Lord that our kids like rice and are willing to eat pretty much anything - they are great about eating random food we find), walked through "Mini Land" and saw and fed beautiful birds and watched a dolphin and beluga whale show!

Dan's favorite part of the whole day was seeing the birds. They were beautiful birds and 2 guys had purchased 2 bags of bird seed to feed them, but didn't want the rest, so they gave it to us :) Dan and the big kids got to feed the birds out of their hands...with the bird landing on Dan's back, nipping his ear and neck and even sitting on his head! Dan loved doing it and Jack had fun, too. Megan even tried it and did a good job. Kylie and I were too scared to feed them...but it was fun to watch Dan!

My "Bird Whisperer" Tweeter

Jack enjoying himself and the birds - it looks like he's holding class!

Megan, calm and composed with the birds...

...for a second! She didn't really like them, either, but she did a great job trying it for a little bit :)

This is what the girls and I did while watching the boys.

Seriously, isn't he the coolest?