While in North Carolina last week, we decided to go to a ranch that Shari had heard about from some relatives who had gone there when visiting after Christmas this year. They had to occupy themselves while Shari worked some of the time they were there. This ranch was very cool because it had A LOT of animals just wandering around on the premises. You could drive your car along a designated path and these animals would just come up to the car. We purchased a bucket of food and the animals would put their heads right in our car windows and eat the food from the bucket! Here is a Llama that came up to Terry's window. He had the bucket at the time.
The ranch was beautifully landscaped and laid out. It was also a beautiful day to wander around. You could drive for awhile and then there were other areas to walk around and see different types of animals. I wish I could upload all of my pictures - you wouldn't believe the animals that were just wandering around, but my program here wouldn't let me upload any more pictures. It is being difficult today! Here are Shari and her dad just relaxing on a swing.
When we were riding on the trail, we were in our pickup truck. All three of us were riding in the front seat with Shari in the middle. (Mark was at a job interview.) Anyway, I was talking to Shari and watching some of the animals come up to Terry's window. Mine was rolled down also, but I didn't have the bucket of food. I heard a noise and turned toward my window right into this face staring at me!! I screamed and tried to roll my window up! We were laughing so hard. This animal (whatever it was) had a huge wet nose and big horns - pretty scary!
This is the last picture that I could get to come up. This is a ram and some baby deer. I actually have a better picture of the deer close up, but I couldn't get it to load.
We had a great day and lots of fun seeing animals up close like we did. It was much better than a zoo any day!
Today Shari had another ultrasound. She is now 16 weeks into her pregnancy and today was the day to find out what gender the baby is. It is a GIRL!! I am very pleased because now we will not only have a grandson, but a granddaughter, too. Shari and I were looking at girl clothes in some of the children's stores in North Carolina where she and Mark live. We thought that the girl clothes were so cute and there was so much more for girls than boys. So now we can have fun shopping for a little girl. I will have to restrain myself a little because I love little girl clothes and dolls, etc. etc. I just love being a grandma and can't wait to hold this new granddaughter! :)
When we were riding on the trail, we were in our pickup truck. All three of us were riding in the front seat with Shari in the middle. (Mark was at a job interview.) Anyway, I was talking to Shari and watching some of the animals come up to Terry's window. Mine was rolled down also, but I didn't have the bucket of food. I heard a noise and turned toward my window right into this face staring at me!! I screamed and tried to roll my window up! We were laughing so hard. This animal (whatever it was) had a huge wet nose and big horns - pretty scary!
This is the last picture that I could get to come up. This is a ram and some baby deer. I actually have a better picture of the deer close up, but I couldn't get it to load. 
We had a great day and lots of fun seeing animals up close like we did. It was much better than a zoo any day!
