Oregon - Day 9: Wildlife Safari

Wendy's family had to leave first on Saturday morning to get to the airport.  They were already gone when we woke up.  Boyd and Julie were the next to leave soon after we woke up.  Kevin and Betsy left after us because they wanted to stay and go the Seafood Festival.
I hadn't done much packing before Saturday because I knew we were not in much of a hurry to check out.

So we let the kids watch some shows while eating breakfast and Tony and I started packing up our stuff.  Once I had the bag packed then Tony and the kids would take it out to the car.  After we were all packed up we said good-bye to my mom and Teagan and then started our journey towards the drive threw animal park.

Tony had read about it on-line and my dad had always wondered how it was so we decided to go.  Tony found a good deal on-line and we were glad to be able to go for cheaper then expected.
It took us a couple hours to drive there, but it was a pretty drive.  Once we got there their was a big long line of cars.  You pay to get into the park from your car and it was a long process.

Once we finally got in we decided to go into their little walk around area and have us all go potty before driving through the park.  Since we didn't know how long it would take we didn't want to chance needing a potty break.

They had a pretty neat little area to walk around.  It had a few animals to look at, like a couple cheetahs.  They also had a playground, restaurant, and camels that you could pay to ride.
We decided that we could come back in a few years when the kids are older and pay to let them ride a camel.  It did look pretty fun.  We figured we would just eat lunch at their restaurant before going to the animal park.

Tony took the kids to play at the playground while I ordered the food.  It wasn't too expensive and the ordering process was fast.  It was the getting of the food that was slow.  It took at least 45 minutes for us to get our food.  Luckily the kids were pretty good while we waited.  They came back and forth from the playground a few times and it all worked out, but man it took a long time.

The food was pretty good and we all ate every last bite.  After we were done we all went potty one last time before getting back in the car to drive around the animal park.
They only have a few rules to go into the park.  You have to drive 10 mph and if an animal is walking past your open window you need to put it up, for your safety.  Seemed easy enough.

Since the speed limit is 10 mph we let Megan and Josh sit up with Tyler and Allie in the middle seats.  We wanted them to be able to see all the animals.
Megan loved this.  She loved standing up and moving around the car being silly.  Josh did really good just sitting and looking out for all the different animals.

They have many different areas that you drive threw.  You can pull over at anytime and sit and watch the animals or you can keep driving.  Some of the animals were really active and others were hiding in the shade.
It was a really hot day and we were driving through in the early afternoon, so it was hot out their.

Some of the areas had a big pavilion area and feeding stations.  We got a really good look at the giraffes in their pavilion area.
Our favorite was the bears.  We were able to watch two bears play with each other in the water.  One was already in the water and he was trying to get the other one to come in.  It was so cute to watch.
With our coupon we got feeding cups to feed the deer in a designated area.  We just put it in our hands and then put our arms out the window and they came and ate out of our hands.  Megan tried a little and got scared then Josh tried it and loved it.  He wasn't scared at all.  Tyler didn't want to feed them.
After we drove through the whole park we stopped to go potty again before the long drive to Bend.
We all enjoyed driving around the park and seeing all the animals and hope to do it again in a few years.