Oh those crazy turtles...
Saturday Rachel and I went to this animal park about an hour from our house. It was meant as more of a petting zoo for kids, but hey adults can have fun too. So we get there and after about 10 minutes we walk into this open area where the animals can walk up to you. Animals like sheep, goats, pigs, llamas etc. Well off to the side we heard this groaning kind of noise. We walk over and witnessed the male turtle trying to mount the female. Now these weren't small little box turtles. These were large turtles that weighed several hundred pounds. Well the female was having no part of it, she just layed there while the male struck at her with his arms and snapped at her. You can see pictures of the "action" here and here
In one of the pictures you can see how the male turtle is snapping at the female. In the other, you can see the turtles "tallywacker".
You can see all the photos from the park right here
What I found funny is that they had these two odd looking birds there and their names were Patty and Selma. I guess someone who works there is a Simpsons fan. The photo is labeled Gruesome Twosome. The other thing I found funny was when the sheep came up to us. I petted one of them and the things felt exactly like the collar on a winter coat. It was strange. I guess I thought the wool was processed to make it that soft, but no it grows that softly on them.
MY two favorite animals was a brown goat who I named Homey. You can see me feeding Homey here
There was also a cool looking chicken there that I named McNuggets. I'm sorry, seeing all those chickens running around made me crave deep fried chicken nuggets. Hmmm I guess I know where I'll be going for lunch :-).
We had a fun time. It was really neat being able to get that close to the animals. It probably would have been even better with a little kid there. So we may have to go back and take little Andrew with us when he comes to visit.
Sunday night it was so hot and humid, so after I grilled some of my famous kabobs, we decided to head over to Rachel's parents house for a night time swim. The water was great. About 82 degrees and quite refreshing. One of the wackiest things about swimming at night is that these bats come out and fly over the pool. They don't swoop down near the water, they stay a good 20-30 feet up, but it's just really cool watching them frantically fly around. And kids, when if you try to make your own kabobs, please marinate the meat for 24 hours before cooking. It tastes so much better and has much flavor and juices.
And finally, there are a few other pictures I recently added from my Godson Dylans Communion back in May. They can be seen here
In one of the pictures you can see how the male turtle is snapping at the female. In the other, you can see the turtles "tallywacker".
You can see all the photos from the park right here
What I found funny is that they had these two odd looking birds there and their names were Patty and Selma. I guess someone who works there is a Simpsons fan. The photo is labeled Gruesome Twosome. The other thing I found funny was when the sheep came up to us. I petted one of them and the things felt exactly like the collar on a winter coat. It was strange. I guess I thought the wool was processed to make it that soft, but no it grows that softly on them.
MY two favorite animals was a brown goat who I named Homey. You can see me feeding Homey here
There was also a cool looking chicken there that I named McNuggets. I'm sorry, seeing all those chickens running around made me crave deep fried chicken nuggets. Hmmm I guess I know where I'll be going for lunch :-).
We had a fun time. It was really neat being able to get that close to the animals. It probably would have been even better with a little kid there. So we may have to go back and take little Andrew with us when he comes to visit.
Sunday night it was so hot and humid, so after I grilled some of my famous kabobs, we decided to head over to Rachel's parents house for a night time swim. The water was great. About 82 degrees and quite refreshing. One of the wackiest things about swimming at night is that these bats come out and fly over the pool. They don't swoop down near the water, they stay a good 20-30 feet up, but it's just really cool watching them frantically fly around. And kids, when if you try to make your own kabobs, please marinate the meat for 24 hours before cooking. It tastes so much better and has much flavor and juices.
And finally, there are a few other pictures I recently added from my Godson Dylans Communion back in May. They can be seen here
2 Comments:
Glad you are back to blogging. I hope. Also glad you had a fun weekend. The pics are great. Thanks for sharing. I think you can go to a zoo as an adult but yeah it is fun to bring the kids and see there reactions. Do I hear pitter patter? Just kidding. What do you marinate your kabobs in? Is it a Squilky family secret?
I marinate the kabobs in teriyaki sauce, honey and garlic powder. Ancient Squilky secret shhhhh ;-)
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