San Antonio Trip

At the end of April, we went on a vacation to San Antonio. We spent four days there and visited the zoo on Wednesday and went to Sea World both Thursday and Friday. We spent all day each day at the parks, going right through the kiddo's naps and they did just marvelously. But as you can tell in the picture in the link below, they quickly crashed once in the car. Noah was out before we even got out of the parking lot. It was a blast and Sea World was a huge hit. Feeding the dolphins and the sea lions were great hits, and Colin loved the Shark Reef.



Shamu's Happy Harbor, a play area for kids, was a big hit as well. It had a huge jungle gym, probably spanning half a football field. It also had a small ferris wheel and a miniature roller coaster that Colin just loved. Noah was upset that he couldn't ride, but he missed the height restriction by 3 inches and they wouldn't allow him on.

On Saturday we stopped by the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch just north of San Antonio (next to Natural Bridge Caverns) and went on a drive-thru safari where we were able to feed lions and tigers and bears - oh my.... The lions looked more like buffalo, the tigers reminded me of zebras and the bear sure looked like an ostrich. We also saw giraffes, rhinos (although they were behind fences) and even got to go into a goat petting/feeding area that the boys just loved.

See the link below for pictures of our trip:

http://picasaweb.google.com/westerfamilyphotos