It was the last day of Spring Break and I wanted to do something fun with the kids. We decided on Gatorland. Somehow we were able spend the whole day there even though its pretty small. We took our time and saw everything. We had a fun day....
This is what they call the Gator Jumparoo. Basically, they string raw chicken over the water to get the gators to "jump" up and catch it.
Waiting for our train ride...
Besides gators, there are a lot of birds, farm animals and lots of reptiles. Look at this baby crane, isn't she a cutie with all her fuzz?
And this would be what they call the "Gator Wrestling Show". No, they don't really get in there and roll around with them but they do a few tricks. Here, the guy is basically holding the head shut and back with just his chin. Crazy, really.
Ok, so I decided to supplement the snacks I brought from home with some gator tail. But I wasn't exactly forthcoming about that and I didn't say anything till we were done. Mackenzie guessed it right away while Madalyn thought it was chicken.
And this was her reaction to the news....grossed out. I have to say I was cracking up.
This white goat was quite aggressive and stole Mason's food all in one bite but the staff gave him another cone full (they put the pellets in ice cream cones which they can eat as well).
Madalyn is much more tentative about feeding such things as this. She is completely disgusted by slobber of any kind so after a couple of turns, she is done and happy to wash her hands and wait for us.
Kenz on the other hand has no fear and enjoys this quite a lot.
I guess because birds are colorful and cute and they don't slobber, the bird feeding worked out well for her. This room is full of birds and can be a bit freaky because they land on you wherever they want to.
Mason got scared as they started landing on his shoulders and that was it for him. So I held the food and he watched.
"Look at this big snake..."
After a full day, we were done and had a good time!!
