Sunday, June 3, 2012

And These Are Bison

The next day (Saturday) we visited Grant's Farm. We rode the tram through their wildlife park, watching bison and other curiosities while the driver told us an abbreviated story of the life of Ulysses S. Grant. It was wonderfully incongruous.  The happy music as we got on the tram reminded us both of Disneyland.
This one is for those of you who like cute little animals.
And this one is not.
Before going any further, I should inform you that Grant's Farm is presented by Budweiser. If any of you are offended, you can stop reading now. The Annheuiser-Busch family bought Grant's property back before there was a National Park Service, and they turned into a kind of theme park. It's mostly for kids (except for the free beer kiosks, which are for parents--don't worry we did not partake).
This is Erica, feeding the camels.


This is Charles, feeding the goats.

 We miss our chickens. Charles is looking forward to meet them in August.
Erica: wow, look at that elephant!
Charles: wow, look at my dad!
Babies find people more interesting than animals. And they find chewing on cell phones more interesting than people. This is what we've learned from taking him to zoo three times in three weeks.
A Budweiser Parrot...and one of the Budweiser Horses.  I was disappointed that the Budweiser Frogs were nowhere to be found.

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