On Monday, Amelia's preschool had a field trip to Lazy 5 Ranch. Lazy 5 Ranch is a local zoo with domestic and exotic animals from 6 continents as well as wagon rides and a petting area. The Ranch is privately owned and operated and its purpose is to educate in an entertaining way, to provide an excellent environment for reproduction and to help with the recovery of several endangered species. Amelia and Elliot were excited to go to the zoo and the weather was just right too (80F/ 26C).
Before our scheduled wagon ride, we had an hour time to look around and see some of the animals. Of course, my kids went straight to the petting area to feed the goats and sheep.
They also enjoyed petting the donkeys and llamas.
Since it is spring time, we saw some ducklings and goslings as well as some Lemurs, kangaroos, camels, alpacas and different types of cattle.
Amelia and most of her classmates posing in front of a giraffe statue:
Fascinated by a peacock and its pretty feathers.
Then it was time to board our wagon, pulled by 3 strong horses, for the ride thru the free-range area:
We saw, fed and touched lots of big and small animals such as zebras, giraffes, Brahman, gnus, emus, ostriches, pigs, deer, water buffaloes, and many more.
The animals came right up to the wagon to be fed:
Giraffe feeding:
The ostrich was very fond of Amelia. And look at those beautiful blue eyes!
Someone wanted to give my little girl some sloppy kisses... the water buffalo was definitely the most impressive animal we fed.
After the wagon ride, the kids fed the remaining food to the donkeys and goats.
Then it was time for lunch and the adventure playground before we headed back home.
Everyone enjoyed this field trip and I love that parents and other family members are able to attend these special days so to we can make lasting memories with our kids.
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