Natural Bridge Caverns..finally we meet again!

Kate's Kindergarten teacher sent me an email on the last day of school saying that Kate loved science.  She was really intrigued by caves and she and Kate would spend extra time looking at caves on the computer or in books.  She recommended that I take her to Natural Bridge Caverns.  This was very ironic because I had been wanting to take them there anyway because I went as a kid and absolutely loved it.  They did too! 

It was hard to get good pictures with my phone camera because the caves are pretty dark.  There was one section of cavern that Kate mentioned it looked like a bunch of jelly fish floating around.  The guide was impressed at how creative her mind was......all of us learned something and will remember this experience forever.

With Nae Nae outside the caverns.....

Right next to Natural Bridge is the Wildlife Ranch and its a drive through safari type of setting. When I was a kid the animals were not as well fed (and the weather was not as hot) so the animals came up to the vehicles to get food that you can purchase when you drive in.  We went on a very hot day in July so therefore the animals wanted nothing to do with our crazy human alfalfa food!

They wanted SHADE!

We did get a few deer type of animals that came up to the car and ate from our hands but I didn't catch that on camera b/c I caught it on video but the kids did get to see some animals that they had not been able to see in the zoos before.  So it was a learning experience for them and we had tons of fun spending the day together!  Next time dad is going to have to go because he would have loved it!