The major event of our visit last week to Springdale? You guessed it (by the photos), the Gentry Drive Through Safari. Can you believe it was Lowery's first time? I know, I don't know how we made it through her 4 years in Northwest Arkansas without going there. But we made up for lost time last Saturday.
Our trip home last week was amazing - God even made the weather unbelievably perfect to remind us of where our real home is. We had a blast with everyone - thanks to everyone who made time to see us. The laughter was indeed some much needed medicine for my homesickness, and Lowery played so hard everyday with her old running buddies that she nearly fell out. Our trip was a success - clean teeth, fresh hair cuts and school shots were all checked off the list. And all of those things made us very out of place at the Gentry zoo on Saturday - ha! Seriously, we had such a good time with everyone. It seemed like years since we had seen our friends and we had a great time.
Since the weather was perfect on Saturday, although a little too chilly for swimming, we decided to join The Peters family on a safari (thanks to Scott for maneuvering us through the emus, camels and potholes). I hadn't been there in so many years I had all but forgotten all of the details. Steve was thoroughly impressed and Lowery was in awe - it was a great time. Our ear drums were shot from the girls screaming any time an emu came remotely close to the car (video), but other than that there were no injuries. We did as we were told and stayed away from the ornery Kangaroo and all were safe. Playing with the lion cub was my highlight of the day. The green llama (see picture), who was a little worse for the wear after a bath in the algae pond, was not. My little rule follower was also in rare form, refusing to throw the stale hot dog buns out to the camels due to the warnings at the entrance gate to not feed the animals. Sorry, Lowery, you missed out on some good ole' camel saliva on the wind shield.
All in all a fabulous week and we can't wait to get back again!
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