Spring Break: Sharkarosa

Marc heard of a great little zoo/safari place not far away called Sharkerosa.  Very odd name...but Dad found out the Shark guy who owns convenience stores is the one who owns this land and place.  Some of Sharkerosa has been on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet.  I think "Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe" featured the lemurs?  Anywhooo, we went and Mom and Dad met us there.  It was such a great place and we all had a ton of fun.  Not too big, not too crazy, and not really crowded.

First off was the petting zoo. Like every petting zoo, there are some animals that kinda attack you.  Archer was just a little fan of what was going on in there.  One goat butted Mailey, and she just pushed it back.  Maybe a little fear would be good?  But she got the job done.
 

A goatie on the picnic table was much safer for everyone.  Too cute.

This was a baby kangaroo in a little fleece pouch.  Kids thought that was so neat.

Of course there is a little train like most farmy places, but they liked it.  The driver drove all crazy and played the "Move It" song from "Madagascar."

 

Next it was time for the 40 minute safari.  We were all freezing!  Since we had burned the day before, we assumed the temp and sun would equal warmth.  Oh no.  Wind from the North was freezing our tails off!

 

First horse encounter.  They had many kinds, lots of rescues, and they came right up and ate out of the buckets and you could pet them.  

 

 

This crazy business is a zorse.  There was also a dezonk.  I am not even sure those are ok to have?  Ha!  But they looked super cool and were very gentle.

Camels.  All I can say is gag.  They are kinda gross and stinky and slimy and gross.

 

This part had real zebras and various deer, some endangered, and emus and llama things.

 

More camels.  They ate from the buckets, too, and we were ready to move on!  

So cute! Mailey looooved petting the baby kangaroo and made the whole line wait bc she just could not stop.  Look at that face of happiness.

The last part was very interesting.  These are 2 bears they rescued.  They did a presentation with them, mostly sitting at a picnic table and doing different things.  Sharkarosa is famous for these bears and the work they do with them.

 

We ate at a pizza place looking over the bear enclosure, and the pizza was great.  Such a fun trip that just took a morning.  Everyone had so much fun!