Lazy 5 Ranch

IT was so nice to have a warm day Saturday!! After the winter we have endured, 70 degrees felt like 100 and we were happy campers. Wearing our capri's, flips flops and tee shirt we went down to enjoy the day as a family at the Lazy 5 Ranch. We had an incredible time and would recommend this place to ANYONE!! It was great. At 10am we boarded our horse drawn wagon to head through the wilderness. I was expecting a fairly bumpy ride, but surprisingly it wasn't. As ventured out to find every animal imaginable (to some extent). We were told to feed two legged animals by holding out the buckets and four legged in the palm of your hand. Trathan clued into this immediately, the first animal we fed was an ostrich. He quickly got a taste for what the day would be like, and he LOVED it. With out any hint of fear, he fed just about every animal, and ever tried to feed his sister while he was at it!! Lainey loved seeing the animals. She wasn't scared the first time. I would like for me children to have a little bit of fear around such large animals, but none! We saw zebras, antelope, deer, ostrich, pigs, llama, rhino, crane, water buffalo, and so much more. That was just on the ride. My kids favorite part of the ride was the visit at the Giraffe habitat. We stood up on the wagon and fed the tall giraffe out of the buckets. Trathan was amazed at their size and couldn't stop talking about it, still hasn't stopped talking about them. Lainey just watches with her big eyes and takes it all in. After the wagon ride, we had packed a picnic and ate it at the park. Everything is located right there together within walking distance, I appreciate those type of things especially with two kids. It was terrific to eat outside with a slight breeze blowing, so great! We took a swing on the park swings they had and enjoyed the best homemade ice cream I had had in a long time! It was Heavenly!
After lunch, the kids were starting to get a little tired so we did a quick walk through of the petting zoo. It was just as great as the wagon ride. These animals are all so beautiful! In the petting zoo there were turtles, lemers, porcupine, fish, peacocks, dove, sheep, cows, kangaroos, and too many to name!
We had a great day, a much needed family day! The trip was great and the driving time was short. Both kids sacked out on the way home and then had a great night's rest that night. They had a blast and it was worth it! I would go back again this year!!
(I would post pictures but we got down there only to find we had forgotton to put the memory card back in the camera!)