Julie was almost eaten by a zebra!

We began our vacation by going to Austin so Julie could do a card class for Sherry's in-laws. We left Colby with Rick and Sherry on Sunday evening to head to San Antonio.

Monday morning we decided to go to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch. It is an African safari...Texas style. They provide one bag of animal feed (pellets) when you enter the park, but we bought another so we each had a bag.

There were two different paths you could go down once you got onto the trail. We decided to go the one on the right. At first we didn't see a lot of animals, but after a few minutes we began seeing quite a few more.

We saw lots of different types of animals:







Then came the Attack of the Zebras!


Julie quickly realized that the zebras were quicker than my car's automatic windows.


Luckily, she survived that most perilous ordeal intact.

They were perhaps the friendliest of all the animals. They held no reservations against sticking their heads into a vehicle to get some food.


On our second time around, taking the alternate route, Justin found a zebra that was very eager to get some food pellets.



Then we saw these guys:








The emus, ostriches, and llamas were next. The ostriches seemed nice enough, but when we did the safari again (to see other other route), one of the ostriches came up to our car and tapped it with its beak....I guess he was really hungry.




Those emus looked kind of evil...don't you think?


Most of the llamas were wading around in the watering hole, but when we approached, one eager llama headed on out to meet us.


He even posed for a few pictures. As you can see, he thinks his profile looks the best.


Not to be outdone, on the second pass around the park, his friend wanted to do some posing.


(Even posing with his mouth full.)


Then we met up with these animals:




Here is a nice shot of Texas hill country, from the safari trails.


We found another poser.


And even a longhorn.


These guys swarmed us...but we had enough food for them too.


It seemed as though he was saying "I am not amused. If you aren't going to give me all the food, don't waste my time".


Whereas his buddy really liked the food, regardless of the amount.


Here are some of the other natives:





Julie thought this one was soooo cute.


So much so that she tried to pick it up! ;)


And here are a few last shots: