Sunday, 27OCT, we got on the road to Jellystone Park in Robert, LA, with Rebecca, Jaxson & Mason. Unfortunately Raymond is on a business trip to San Antonio, TX:( Rebecca & Oma Corrie took grandson Mason in Rebecca’s car; while Opa Dan had grandson Jaxson riding shotgun in the RV. We picked Jellystone because they have cabins along with RV spaces. This would allow all of us to have our own beds & not be on top of each other in the RV! Turns out this weekend was the park’s big celebration for Halloween. There were definite signs the RV park had had a Halloween party Friday & Saturday (ie trash everywhere)! Some folks even left there fires burning even though they had checked out & gone home! After setting up camp Opa & Jaxson went exploring & scrounging leftover firewood from the empty campsites. We are not sure Rebecca will get any sleep in the cabin, with two infants & no husband to help?
Monday morning we headed to the Ms Heather’s Pumpkin Patch (aka Hughes Farm Pumpkin Patch). When we got there we saw several school busses, which meant the patch was overrun with kids; fortunately most of them disappeared soon after lunch. Grandson Mason wasn’t too impressed; but Jaxson had a fantastic time milking the artificial cow, riding his first zipline, jumping on the world’s largest inflated air bladder, sliding through giant pieces of plastic irrigation piping, a real merry-go-round, a real teeter/totter, & the list goes on. Back at the RV Opa Dan started a fire after dinner for smores. Meanwhile Jaxson decided to check out the RV muffler by sticking his arm all the way up it, thankfully the muffler was not hot!
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Early Tuesday morning we headed to the Global Wildlife Park near Folsom, LA. The park has thirty or so exotic breeds of animals from around the world, & takes you on wagon ride where the animals come up to the wagons & you can feed them by hand. The criteria for the animals on display are:
---no endangered or threatened species
---vegetarians only
---animals that won’t charge (ie no elephants or rhinos)
---animals that sort of get along
http://www.globalwildlife.com/
Just like the pumpkin patch yesterday, there were “school kids” already on scene. We shared the wagon ride with a high school class from an Agriculture High School in Mississippi, thankfully they were pretty well behaved.
Hint – if you ever visit a facility like this, catch the first tour in the morning. The animals definitely know the routine & will come running for their first feeding in the day; they are not so eager as the day goes on.
Although the animals are not in their native habit & are associating with other species from different parts of the world, it was educational & fun. We got up-close & personal with bison, european red deer, fallow deer, llamas, zebras, giraffes, rheas, beefalos, Watusi longhorn cattle, & other animals. Turns out it was rutting season for most of the horned animals! The male fallow deer were definitely getting into it; in fact, the big cattle would quickly get out of the way of the small bucks!
ps – we don’t have first hand experience with this, but never, never, let a llama spit on you!!!
Trivia – what is the only equine species never domesticated?
Once again grandson Jaxson had a great time, & Mason was not impressed! After our tour it was back to the RV for lunch & naps. In the afternoon the ladies & grandkids went shopping. That evening was another fire after dinner. Back to Houma tomorrow to prepare for Halloween.
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