It was a great mix:  School trips with kids of every age- and construction.






Quotable #1:  "Daddy, the deers!"  Uh, no, sweetie, that's a lynx...

"Yeah, for pity's sake, kid..."

Quotable #2:  "Mommy, a gorilla..."

"Pickles?  I'm a pelican, not a stork..."

Guess what?  The lions were actually conscious and in sight for a change!

"Ah, who cares?  They sleep, they roar..."

"Yeah, and I can consume you in two bites and a burp, honey badger..."







Quotable #3 (this one an adult):  Oh, wait, that's a monkey, not a skunk..."



Or, as Laurie called it the "African Monkey-skunk."  Barkley and his "turtle rat" got nothing on us!

"Yukk, I tasted her hand..."

Quotable #4:  First kid:  "Ostrich!  Hey, ostrich!"

Second kid:  "He's NOT going to answer; he doesn't speak.... whatever YOU'RE speaking..."

I just thought that was a neat shot...

"Thankfully, you got my good side..."

"Hey, wait for me!  I hadda use the tree, y'know..."

First darn fish picture I ever got to turn out...

"ROAR!  I'm a lion, you brats! ROAR!"

Quotable #5:  "It's a horse!  Look, it's a...cow!"

Laurie pointed out that he was posing dignified for me...

"Whaddya expect? NBC?"

Oh, and my new gizmo!  Push a button, and...





WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!