Sunday, March 18, 2012

safari west

we celebrated maya's 5th birthday by visiting (mostly) african wildlife at safari west. we huddled into a real safari jeep and toured the amazing grounds and met some pretty awesome critters. it was truly an experience to remember. AND it didn't rain!!! hallelujah!

maya and emi warming up for the the big adventure


family time


uncle eddie came! yay!!


3 species of flamingos


who clean the world? birds.




cheetah


feeding uncle eddie a raisin


maya & daddy snuggling. it was chilly!


giraffe fight!


emi thought it was outrageous


so close


the big 5 year old lady


so intrigued


lone cattle on the horizon


cape town buffalo at a distance...


and super up close!


so excited!


and then she passed out in the super bouncy jeep!


ancient egyptian cattle. thought to be holy back in the day. crazy horns spanning up to 10' tip to tip.


uncle eddie snuggles


which one's the wild animal?


striking a pose for kei


hello, girls


aaaaah!


this is how close we were to the action


monkeying around

6 comments:

Carlos P said...

what an amazing birthday. she so lucky. i like how lots of people are wearing green; very appropriate.

Gretchen3000 said...

Safari West looks awesome! Happy birthday to Maya, I bet she had a blast. Those cow horns are nuts.

rt said...

I agree, what a great way to celebrate Maya's birthday! I need to go to this place.

rt said...

p.s. Giraffes are insane!

Carlos P said...

PS i want to feed a baby raisins.

Carlos P said...

PS i want to feed a baby raisins.