Truthfully, I was sort of dreading this trip with the Girl Scouts to Fossil Rim Wildlife Preserve. May has been a really busy month and the thought of sleeping in a room with a bunch of other people just was not that exciting. But it turned out to be a really fun trip. Alivia has really bonded with a few of the girls in the troop (Annika, Elizabeth and Katherine) and I really like all the moms. That is such a treat to find a group of women that you enjoy hanging out with. Our troop has been together for 3 years now and I feel like we are finally starting to know one another a bit more.
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| Cabins - the girls slept in one cabin and the moms in another. They had A/C! |
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| The next morning we had our Safari tour- leaving at 9 am |
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| Feeding the giraffes was my absolute favorite part |
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| The food was a mixture of oats and molasses - yummmmm |
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| Black Rhino |
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| All the girls at the Fossil Rim Cafe where we had lunch after our tour |
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| All the moms - Karen, me, Sheila, Lisa, Sarah, Debbie and Carla at the petting zoo area of the site |
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| All the moms now including Kate (far left) |
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| Another view of the cabins - simple but fine. The bathrooms were located down the path |
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| Simple meals - no fire, just sandwiches and chips for dinner. Bathrooms in the background. |
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| The whole troop! |
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| Sophia, Madeline, Annika, Maite, Katherine, Alivia, Elizabeth, Sophie, and Avery |
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| Me and my girl! |
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| Feeding giraffes - my favorite! |
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| We each got a cup of food to feed the animals with |
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| Lots of deer/elk/antelope species on the property |
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| Zebras! |
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| Cousin to the Elk family - beautiful antlers - still in velvet |
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| Overlook to the property - it really does look like Africa. I can see why animals thrive in Texas |
