TUESDAY IN NAPA

Tuesday was Safari Day.  Safari West is a 400 acre preserve with exotic animals.  Primarily from Africa, they have several species of Antelope along with Giraffes, Rhino's, Zebras, Monkeys, Cheetahs, and exotic birds.

The first part of the tour is a walking tour and many of the more mobile species are in pens.

Most of the tour is on a converted army vehicle with 4 riding up on top and the rest riding on one of 3 benches.

The tour was interesting and fun.  The truck would stop at various locations and our tour guide would chat about the animals with various factoids and there was plenty of time for informal questions.

In the bird cage a Crane did her mating dance for Ken, which was rather funny.

It had been raining and some of the Giraffes were in their barn.  We were able to visit the barn and got up and close to these magnificent animals.

We then boarded the truck along with Parker and his parents.  Parker was a man of few words.  Both Parker and Kelli road up top for the duration of the tour.

One of the larger Giraffes was outside and it came up to the truck and found a small branch on the canopy and proceeded to munch on it.  It then lowered its head over Kelli's and gave Parker a nudge.

Then it was off to see the rest of the animals.  All of it was interesting, but aside from the Giraffe, the zebra's offered some entertainment with 2 juveniles engaging in, well, horseplay.

A great day.  Attached is a short 4 minute video of our tour.