Safari/Hurricane Harbor

Baboons

Aoudad - barbary sheep

Australian Black Swan

Emu

Marabou Stork

East African Crowned Crane



Baby Giraffe

Asian Water Buffalo

African Elephant


Roosevelt Elk

Bisons

Rhea

I have gone to the safari so many times now that I only try to take photos of the animals that I haven't gotten in my many prior trips. I always enjoy driving around the safari to spot the animals.

On this day, which was a cool day, we also went to Hurricane Harbor. I didn't take any photos, we we went on the Taak it eez creek and the kids rode the TORNADO for the first time. I wanted to ride the tornado with them, but they only allow 2 people per tube, now. And those tubes are freaking heavy. The line leading up to the top of the ride is at an incline which makes carrying the tube difficult. It is a heavy tube designed to hold 4 people, so the kids weren't able to carry it by themselves without breaking a rib or two. Seriously, the next day, I was wondering why my right shoulder hurt, then I remembered.
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Safari/Hurricane Harbor

Circus / Carousel

We went to the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey "Barnum's Funundrum" 10 days ago. My pictures aren't stellar because we were seated very, very far away, but I did the best I could.
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Circus / Carousel

The Greatest Show On Earth

Out of the Volkswagen came IRON MAN, who was holding an iron and using an ironing board as a shield.

How many people can you fit in this Volkswagen? We will soon find out!

The Torres Family performers...can you believe that there were 6 motorcycles riding around this globe? You have to see it in person...it is awesome!

Body Benders

That's a girl on the bottom holding that buff guy up!

The "Neandarthal" running around the stage...went running around the "bearded lady" and held on to her beads, which of course, came off.

Dward running away from the formerly caged Neandarthal.

I loved the long shadow behind the cclown.

The tiger tamer was in there with 8 tigers!

The elephants marching in during the opening of the show.

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to the Wachovia Ctr. in Philadelphia to perform their Barnum's Funundrum show. We went to see it on Sunday. Kaylie and I had tickets already because we were supposed to go on a school trip on Friday, which of couse, got cancelled due to snow. While it did snow, on and off, on Satuday and Sunday, we braved the weather. Can you believe that the cost to park was $15.00? The ticket to go over the bridge to Pennsylvania was $4.00. We paid $54.00 for 2 tickets and that only got us as far as what I like to call the "nose bleed" section - the very last upper tier of the stadium. And that was with upgraded tickets, I wonder if they would have seated in the parking lot if we had purchased the bare minimum. (Yes, I am being facetious.) If we had wanted to buy a small icee, we would have had to pay $11.00 for each one. Unbelievable! This is a show geared towards kids, and if you are on a budget, there is no way that anyone can purchase the souvenirs that are being pushed by the vendors as one enters the building, or the food. Then they wonder why attendance to these events has dimished!

Waiting in line to purchase tickets was another experience. We arrived over 2 hours earlier than the advertised show time and finally made it to the arena with a half hour to spear, which meant that we missed the pre-show. There weren't enough ticket counters open and there weren't any bars/dividers to keep the people in an orderly line so once you entered the door you were left wondering what lane you were supposed to go on. I kid you not when I tell you that I waited in line for over 45 minutes and there weren't more than 10 people in front of me! I think I had the slowers teller in the whole building.

Anyway, We were really far away and high up, so photography is less than stellar. I did the best could with my camera.

We all enjoyed the show and wished were closer so we could see better. You'd think that they would at least have monitors so that the less fortunate can see the action happening, but no, that is too much to ask. 7494

The Greatest Show On Earth