Zoo 2012

Went to the zoo again this year. The weather was perfect! And all the zoo residents cooperated and came out to peek at us as well...

Us going in....since the polar bear exhibit is well under construction, and Mr. Polar Bear is currently out of state on vaca...they had an entire dinosaur exhibit...

 Elephants!!

At home with the elephants was a goose new newly hatched chicks!

This is THE closest I have ever seen the white rhinos. They are big! 

Ostriches

And of course giraffes...one of which is pregnant....two of the gorillas are "expecting" too...the zoo is super excited!

More baby baboons!

 lil' baby baboon was being kept track of, his mom was using his tail as a "leash" :)

The baby chimp strutted on by, right in front of us!!! She isn't even the littlest one there!

 Andddd, everyone clean :)

Miss Lioness came out and posed for everyone...

This falcon got up close and personal...he was interacting with some of the zoo attendants...

Still one of my favs :)

River otters

The black bears were running around ALL over the place...

Elk

As close as I will get to "old faithful" :)

Grizzly Bear...

 ...holy claws Mr. Bear!

We had lots of fun!

Old Salem

While we have family visiting...one of my favorite Aunts! ...We have been going on lots of different outings. Today we went on over to Old Salem.

It was like going back in time, two hundred years ago. Original buildings line the streets and everywhere there are people dressed in clothing from that time period. I wasn't able to take pictures of everything, but these were a few photos that I did get...

Crossing the covered bridge...

St. Philips African Moravian Church...the oldest African American church.

...walkin' the streets...

We of course showed up on "science day". Which meant that over 800 kids were also wandering the streets with us. But we had lots of fun! Learned a lot too! ☺

YUM!

Strawberry pickin' in April? Abso-freakin-lutely!! And OMG are they delish!!

No sugar needed ;-)

This was the second time within a couple days that we went to pick. After gorging ourselves on the last bunch we picked for, we had to go for more. I ♥ strawberries!

Myrtle Beach

Got the opportunity to visit a state I hadn't yet! I think I have now been to every state on the east coast with the exception of Georgia!

This time it was to sunny South Carolina, and Myrtle Beach!

The resort we stayed at, right on the beach:

It was B-e-a-u-tiful!! Perfect weather while we were there!

Had to watch where you walked on the beach, there were jellyfish periodically washed up:

One of our many strolls along the beach:

Suits were on everyday ☺

Morning walk along the beach! I could get used to waking up to that ☺

They actually got me onto the Skywheel...it's like a GIANT climate controlled Ferris wheel. At the peak you are 20 stories up! I am terrified of heights, I seriously wanted to jump off as soon as they closed the doors and we started to move...

I held on for dear life!

A view near the top:

We stayed 'til it was dark, it's lit up with over a million lights! All different colors, it was quite a show.

View from the balcony off our room, and the hot tub which we were in everyday! Chlorine totally ruined the bottom of my suit, and I didn't even go in the pool :-p

We collected ALOT of shells, and I got my mom her bag of beach sand ☺

Also went to a couple mini golf courses...we each got some hole in ones!

Couldn't skip the Aquarium!!

Horseshoe crabs...

...and their "undergarments"

A smidge of the coral reef, it was breathtaking, I don't watch fish, but I could of stood there all day....pictures don't do it justice.

Eel

And scratch one off my bucket list!! They had a "tunnel"!!! We had fish and sharks swimming directly over our heads!! LOVED IT!

live jellyfishes, they were teeny...and so pretty ♥

lots of rays...

you were able to go and pet 'em

We got Beepa into Hooters! It was her and I's first time ☺

Us with our waitress

View of the sunset, out on the balcony....

This was just a portion of the pics we took.

Thank you Aunt Donna, Katelyn, and Beepa, LOVED my mini-vacation!!

Dogs vs Cats Funny

*click* the picture below to make it bigger...

Got a kick out of this ☺