By Monday afternoon, we made it to Kerrville.
We had a big room at our hotel, which was also full of big animals!
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| We enjoyed our tour of the lobby and saw so many interesting things! |
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| The next morning we made a little pit-stop at a pretty park. It was so nice! |
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| We loved the nice weather and just being outside, walking near the river. |
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| So peaceful. Jackson gave it two thumbs up. |
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About 45 minutes outside of town, we came to our final destination--the Y.O. Ranch.
Jared went to summer camp at this very place about 30 years ago! |
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| We were greeted with some beautiful longhorns... |
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| this very friendly horse... |
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and sweet donkey! Such a fun way to be welcomed to the ranch!
We were fed a delicious lunch... |
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| and then hopped into the Mule to go on our private safari tour. |
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| Our first stop was to meet Sam the Camel. He was not the least bit shy! |
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| Cami liked him, but loved the miniature horses even more. So adorable. |
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| We spent some time feeding Sam, the miniature horses, and their Longhorn buddy. |
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| If we weren't careful, Sam would reach over and kiss us! |
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| Such a great way to begin our animal tour. |
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| We finally said goodbye to our new friends... |
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| and went to fine more cool animals--like these zebras and zonkeys! See how the one on the left as stripes only on it's legs? It's a cross between a Zebra and a Donkey. Ha! |
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| We kept moving and found a pack of three of these guys. The most friendly one only had one horn... |
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| but this one finally came up and ate this cookie out of my hand. |
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| Guess she liked it, because she snagged one from Cami, too. |
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Next up, this mean ostrich! It started running towards us, so we had to speed away!
We saw more big game, but nothing as fun as these next animals... |
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| The giraffe family was our favorite! Our tour guide showed us how you can feed them a cookie from your mouth. |
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| I was the first one to attempt it and it worked! So funny. Jackson tried, then Cami tried, but no luck yet. |
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| They began feeding them leaves, which were a big hit. |
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| How cool is this?! |
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We had such a great experience with the giraffes. It's something that we won't soon forget.
They were all super friendly and the highlight of our day. |
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| After that, we fed some skittish llamas... |
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| and enjoyed the "roller coaster ride" going down a steep hill. This kid has no fear. Lila and I were hanging on pretty tightly, but Cami threw her hands in the air! |
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We saw the swans in their little pond. Isn't their house so cute?
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We took a peek at the newly built amphitheater, and tried our best to score some tickets to Kenny Chesney when he comes to play a private concert there this fall!
We absolutely loved our roadtrip through Texas and highly recommend it for anyone who loves good food and the outdoors. |
