In Janary of 2007 we went to Busch Gardens in Tampa FL for a photo outing. We use the photos as artwork for designs and we also find other things of interest for ATW when we visit places around the country. I'll share some of those "other things" in the Travelog section of Bobbin-Buzz as time goes on.
Busch Gardens offers an "Animal Adventure Tour" and Holly was keen to see what it was like. I went along with the idea but really had doubts that it would be anything worthwhile. Okay -- so I was wrong! :-)
There were about 15 of us in the tour and it starts with a ride in the back of a flat-bed truck into the animal habitat area. They've cleverly segregated the animals into compaitlbe species in each area and there are no lions or tigers in the area with giraffes, gnus, iboks, zebras and similar critters.
The first stop is in an area that the giraffes hang out. The giraffes know the routing and seeing the truck load of tourists to them is the same as a kid seeing the ice cream truck coming up the street. The giraffes come a'runnin for the truck!
As they're coming up, the tour guide is opening a cooler filled with lettuce and other treat and handing the food to the people standing on the truck bed. The giraffes stick their heads in among the people and are fed snacks by hand from the visitors. It's really COOL! Here's a photo I took of Holly with a couple of her new friends...
I'll show other photos from Busch Gardens but I have to say it's a blast and you really should take this tour if you go to Tampa. Children must be at least 5 years old to take this tour and be sure you have fresh batteries in your camera and enough space in your memory card. We like it so much that we went back a couple months later for a second and longer visit.