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Marla Taviano » a most hilarious ohio-african safari

Ran across this post as I was looking to link to you for a post I’m doing today 8/9. We found people who didn’t rate the African Wildlife Safari very high but we found it to be entertaining and hilarious too! My granddaughter especially thought it was funny when the buffalo drooled on Grandma. I think they should hand out coupons for a car wash though.

Next time you’re in Texas, you’ll have to make your way to the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. Very similar concept, but the giraffes and the zebras are free roaming. Cheaper than Africa at least! They also have “safari tents” you can sleep in (with all the comforts of home) and be right next to a watering hole the animals come to. So fun. Glad y’all got away for a weekend.

Those pictures are awesome! Love the one of the zebra who looks like he’s smiling and Ava’s expression. LOL!

Speaking of giraffes in the wild, I have to tell you a story. My family came to visit me in Namibia, and while they were there, we went to Etosha, the national game preserve. Just as soon as we got there, we saw a huge giraffe standing completely still in the middle of the road. We assumed, like good Americans, that this was some statue, meant to welcome all tourists to the park, like it was a zoo. We were commenting on how real the “statue” looked when it turned its head and looked at us! LOL! He was the real deal, out in the wild, likely wondering why there was a carload of screaming foreigners yelling at him.

And we took a “mini-vacation” last weekend to Texas, where we ran our first half marathon.

Sounds like somewhere we’ll have to take our grandkids when they are a bit older! Gabe’s pictures were WONDERFUL!!! Tell him that I felt like I was in the van with you. Thanks also for helping us see that Ohio has some really neat places to go. BTW…what time were you there in the day (hungry animals are more fun to see than just ones sauntering around.) ALSO…some of my best memories of being a kid on vacation with my parents, and as a parent with our three were the 2 day type vacations! Cheaper and more fun all in one short space of time.

We also took our kids to Blue Hole Castalia, Ohio, when they were little on a trip to Cedar Point. It closed however in the 1990s according to info. on the internet. One of the things our kids liked best about that side trip was feeding fish (at that time they were raising fish of some kind.) Sad that it’s now closed. Would love to take my grandkids there too.

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