News flash! You can have an “Out of Africa” experience right here in Virginia! The Virginia Safari Park is in Natural Bridge, only two hours and 15 minutes away from good ole Richmond. Take it from me, it is a zoo experience like no other! Now a regular zoo will seem so, well, tame. Holy cow, Batman! There are animals everywhere, and they’re hungry!
Where else can you be eye to eye with a llama, antelope, ostrich or elk –if you dare?! As you can see, Dr. Doolittle I am not. It got especially crazy when we tried to move forward. They just trotted alongside the car with their heads still inside the car. Man, that’s gotta be rough on your neck! And then every once in a while a huge animal would lumber out and park itself right in front of the car. Roadblock!
So I tried to buck up here, so to speak. Llama alert!
OK, I practically fled the scene when these two came for a visit. Trick or treat! Now you can only see the corner of my jacket. And to think I was the driver… Good thing the speed limit is 5 mph.
Some of these animals could use a serious facial at Elizabeth Arden or at least a Kleenex. Oy vey. Anybody got a wipe? Thankfully his massive rack of manliness made it impossible for him to poke his head inside the car. By the way Rudolph is his first cousin.
And the camels don’t have great table manners. This one literally stole the bucket right out of Sam’s hands. Ah, the delectable taste of pelleted grain! Good to the last drop! Buckets aren’t so bad either as a chaser.
