Bugs Bunny Airplanes / Boy's Word by Manuela Zimmerman

The Bugs Bunny airplane ride in Bugs Bunny Land at Six Flags Great Adventure is a favorite of Liam. Unfortunately, he is growing and pretty soon will be too tall to continue riding it. June 6, 2009.

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Bugs Bunny Airplanes / Boy's Word by Manuela Zimmerman

Giraffe / Rough to the Touch

This is my 3rd page of an album I am making documenting all of our trips to the wild safari at Six Flags Great Adventure this summer.


The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. Males can be 4.8 to 5.5 metres (16 to 18 feet) tall and weigh up to 1,700 kilograms (3,800 pounds). The record-sized bull, shot in Kenya in 1934, was 5.87 m (19.2 ft) tall and weighed approximately 2,000 kg (4,400 lb).[2] Females are generally slightly shorter, and weigh less than the males do.
The giraffe is related to deer and cattle, but is placed in a separate family, the Giraffidae, consisting only of the giraffe and its closest relative, the okapi. Its range extends from Chad to South Africa.

Giraffes can inhabit savannas, grasslands, or open woodlands. They prefer areas enriched with acacia growth. They drink large quantities of water and, as a result, they can spend long periods of time in dry, arid areas. When searching for more food they will venture into areas with denser foliage.

{A RUMINANT is a mammal of the order Artiodactyla that digests plant-based food by initially softening it within the animal's first stomach, known as the rumen, then regurgitating the semi-digested mass, now known as cud, and chewing it again. The process of again chewing the cud to further break down plant matter and stimulate digestion is called "ruminating".}

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Rough to the Touch with Everything In It by Lorie Davison @ SBG
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Sketch action by Trish Jones (retired).
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Aoudad (Barbary Sheep) / Rough to the Touch

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The Aoudad is a Barbary sheep with bristly reddish to sandy brown outer coat and a lighter under color. Both males and females have a heavy fringe of hair on their throat and tail. Both sexes carry thick triangular-based horns with a pattern of fine rings and curve over their back in a half circle. The Aoudad is native to the rocky and arid mountains of northern Africa. Their diet consists of sparse grasses, lichens and bushes.

Life span approximately 20 years / Weight 66-319 pounds / The female Aoudad gives birth twice a year and their newborns can climb the rocky hills almost immediately after birth. The Aoudad has such great jumping power that they can clear a 6.6 foot obstacle with ease from a standing start.

Sketch action by Trish Jones.(Note: after I ran the action, I turned the picture black and white , which I then tweaked, to get the effect I wanted.)

Note1: I modified some of the alpha. I didn't want all the disks to be the same color (and didn't want to mess with the hue and saturation) so I cloned some of the characters out, then I extracted the correct character which I then inserted in the disks)

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Rough to the Touch with Everything in It by Lorie Davison @ SBG
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Texture strip (next to color photo and in between pages) by Trish Jones (retired)
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Fun, Fun, Fun at Great Adventure

Roller Coaster
Foghorn Leghorn, a loud, Southern rooster.

Marvin the Martian (Commander X-23 on original cartoons) His mission was to destroy earth because it obstructed his view of Venus. Marvin always used to try to blow up the Earth using the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. (The space modulator creates more Martians) Can you tell he was my favorite character?

Orchid?

Tortoise topiary

Aldabra Tortoise, found in an island off of the coast of Africa. Can live to be up to 250 years old.

Oasis
Kaylie enjoying a cool water splash


Monkey carving from Treehouse


Treehouse

Treehouse

Locomotive

Monkey Around (swings)

Live Tiger


Funnel cake with powder sugar

Liam wearing, err, I mean, eating funnel cake. The powder sugar was all over him, around him, on the table...

Bugs Bunny airplane rides

Kaylie and Marvin the Martian, who is still looking for his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator and promises not to blow up planet Earth. :) At least, not while the super cute Kaylie is still here. :)

teacups

A continuation of yesterday's post...

After we picked up the gift for Naysa's birthday, I had the bright idea to take the kids to Six Flags Great Adventure. It was my first time going there...well, not really my first time since last time I went there was over 18 years ago, well, yeah, it was my first time. And a big accomplishment for me, too, since I hate traveling alone. I have a deep fear of getting lost and not finding my way out. (Edit: I did NOT get lost, yay!)

The kids loved it. They had a wonderful time and can't wait to go back again. Here are some photos I took to remember this wonderful day.

Oh, did I also tell you that yesterday was the longest day in history for me. We got out of the house at 8:00 a.m. to be at the doctor's office by 8:30 a.m. We then got out of the doctor's office and went to Long Bridge Park (see previous post). After we got out of the park, we went to Toys R Us to get a gift. We then went home quickly for a potty break and to let Speedy the Chihuahua out, too. Subsequently, we left for Great Adventure and didn't return home until 6:15 p.m. My feet were swollen from so much walking but the kids were happy. Gave them a bath and a quick bite and off to bed they went. Would you believe that they were up at 7:00 this morning?

Oh, a bag of m&ms normally costs $.69, at Great Adventure costs $3.00. A 12-oz. can of soda is $3.00 and I think I saw the pint of water for the same price, too. A funnel cake usually costs about $4.00, it costs $6.99 there. A tiny and I mean tiny (what they called small) icee cost $3.00. It is highway robbery.

They do not allow anyone to bring in food or beverages. They even inspect all bags and purses, too, too make sure noone sneaks in food. They are really looking for weapons and contraband...

Anyway, I am taking the kids to Great Adventure again next week...maybe Monday or Tuesday, but this time I will take them to the Zafari first, then continue exploring the park.

Here are some highlights of what we saw, ate and did! Did I tell you that I took 369 photos?

Have a great weekend everyone. Stay cool and safe.
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