Natural Bridge Caverns

Natural Bridge Caverns
Natural Bridge Caverns, an incredible underground world of natural beauty.

TEXAS WILD FLOWERS

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!


Loins, Tigers, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, Black Bear, Camel, Ostrich, Cobras, Zebra, Wildebeest, Jaguar, Leopards, Wolves, Hyenas and More!

http://www.outofafricapark.com/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/oawp







Ever want to feed a Giraffe, this is the place to try it out. They put us on a bus(no widows) and gave us carrots. Then took us on safari, were we feed our carrots to this guy and other African cattle.









Sticking there necks out is something Giraffes do real well. They would put there heads inside the buss to eat as many carrots as people on the buss would feed them.








Zebras another of the African animals who also eat carrots.












Baby Zebras have have brown not black stripes.












Eland, worlds larges antelope.
















Oryx antelope









Roan Antelope














Meet Boom Boom a White Rhinoceros.












Not limited to African animals they have both Bengal and Siberian tigers in there Tiger Splash show.

This is a fun and a must see. Our favorite as you will see.


Also why this guy is dripping wet.





Taking life easy before the show.


























When the show starts, they get serious.











Play can get ruff.










This is why they call it.......











SPASH!













Check out this sequence.























Tiger's going to get wet.










Another sequence.










Note, the trainers get wet also.












Get ready....












Get set.....













Go!









Wet kitty.











They have both brown and black bears.









These pictures are of the Brown or Grizzly Bears and are from North America.












Many of the animals at Out of Africa are rescues.
(Gee, I thought having a bear in my backyard would be a great idea. NOT!)












Prairie Dogs, also not from Africa.












Ever stare down a Hyena.














How to get animals out of hiding.


Though them some meat.











Yes, Lions are from Africa.
























Oh, I forgot to mention tigers are the only member of the cat family who naturally swim.










Looking across the Serengeti compound to the entrance.

Here you can take a bus to feed the giraffe or a tram to see all the other animals and the tiger splash.





So click on the picture to enlarge to full screen. Read about how Boom Boom came to the park.











Thats 4500lbs of beast.









Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Sedona February


So OK it's May, this is Sedona in February? In February we only had a weekend and with in hours of being there we knew there wasn't enough time to do it all.


So I will continue to edit this post and work on Sedona April. I have some 600 photos to sort through.





A shot from downtown Sedona.


































We took a 2 1/2 mile hike on a trail up a canyon just outside of Sedona, every turn in the trail had a different view that was as spectacular as the last, we just couldn't stop until we got to the end.












There was just one interesting formation after another.










































Bear was good with the end of the trail.
















Moving on we followed our self guided GPS tourer to some ruins.





























































OK, I have to explain the suit, it was Valentine's Day and Eileen wanted to dress for our ride on the Verde Canyon Train.

We weren't this formal for our wedding.












As the Train leaves Clarksdale.











A View up Verde Canyon.
Eagle Rock not only looks like an Eagle, there are Eagles in the the area. There are to Coachmen for every car and there job is to point out all the sights and flora and fauna of the canyon. They do a great job.










When surrounded by the assume beauty of nature one must stop and contemplate.