I cannot tell you how much more fun Fossil Rim is during the winter than in the summer. Our little excursion was taken during the crisp morning/warm afternoon days we have been having lately. We had a ball. Emily and Jake loved all the animals. Who, by the way, were actually out and moving without having a heat stroke.
Emily loved the zebras that were roaming around. I had one literally kiss my car's window twice. He was begging for food, but there is a CAUTION: ZEBRA'S BITE sign so I would not roll down the windows. I'm pretty positive that sign is needed because another zebra kept biting my mirror! They chased us for a while until they realized I was not going to feed them.
Jake fell in love at the petting zoo. There were not too many animals on show, but after the scare with rabies a few years ago (remember that??), I wasn't sure I wanted to be in there in the first place. Well, getting Jake away from his little goat friend was difficult at best. He kept stroking it's beard. While we were playing, someone left the petting area gate open and we had to wait to get out of the pen until one of the workers could wrangle two other goats that had gotten out. We managed to escape eventually, but Jake ended up with a goat anyway. Meemaw got Jake his own white goat that he can love on.
