Day 3- we woke up and went to the Grand Canyon. Beautiful! The kids got to get out a few times but mostly we enjoyed the view from the car.
The next planned stop was Las Vegas. On the way, we saw a Flinstone Town and just had to let the kids stop and stretch their legs. We enjoyed walking through the buildings and sliding down a giant dinosaur slide. The "town" was a little old and uncared for but the kids didn't notice and it was a nice way to break up the trip.
Shortly after that, we saw a huge sign announcing that we were getting close to Bearizona. It looked fun and interesting so we thought we'd check it out. It was a drive through zoo, basically, with native animals. We saw White Bison, wolves, rams, bears, etc. The kids loved it and I have to say that Mike and I really enjoyed it, too. After driving through the "large" animal area, we got out of the car and got to walk through the "baby" animal area. The highlight of that was the 3 baby cubs that were just born in January. A man was in their enclosure showing them off and you could tell that they were hungry and thought he was mama. One of them was getting quite vocal that the mans finger wasn't producing milk and it began to scale his leg like a tree. It was SUPER cute!
Shortly after that, we saw a huge sign announcing that we were getting close to Bearizona. It looked fun and interesting so we thought we'd check it out. It was a drive through zoo, basically, with native animals. We saw White Bison, wolves, rams, bears, etc. The kids loved it and I have to say that Mike and I really enjoyed it, too. After driving through the "large" animal area, we got out of the car and got to walk through the "baby" animal area. The highlight of that was the 3 baby cubs that were just born in January. A man was in their enclosure showing them off and you could tell that they were hungry and thought he was mama. One of them was getting quite vocal that the mans finger wasn't producing milk and it began to scale his leg like a tree. It was SUPER cute!
This put us a bit behind so we ended up pulling into Las Vegas around 9 pm. After a bit of driving we found our hotel and then ordered take-out for dinner, since we hadn't had time to eat. It was about 11:30 by the time we had all eaten and headed for bed. Long day, but full!
2 comments:
Isn't that Flintstone town just crazy! I've been there twice, but never actually paid to go in since the last time Cory was only 18 months. I wondered what it would be like since the outside was so worn down and the gift shop was um... tacky? :)
So fun to enjoy your trip with you as you go!
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