July 6, 2009

On Monday, we drove to Salinas for a tour of Vision Quest Ranch and then stayed overnight in one of their tent cabins. In the late afternoon, we were visited by a baboon and then a lynx. The next morning, an elephant brought us breakfast.

[ elephants ]
elephants

[ camel ]
camel

[ Jacob ]
Jacob, their adult male lion

[ leopard1 ]
leopard

[ YoungLion ]
Young Male Lion

[ lynx1 ]
lynx

[ leopard2 ]
leopard

[ TigerCrossing ]
Tiger

[ caracal ]
caracal

[ tortoise ]
tortoise

[ capybara ]
capybara

[ lioness ]
lioness

[ bear ]
bear

[ zebradonkey ]
zebra-donkey

[ tent8 ]
We stayed in tent 1, Giraffe Manor.

[ tent7 ]
Full side view of our tent cabin.

[ tent1 ]
tent interior

[ tent3 ]
tent interior

[ tent6 ]
tent interior

[ tent5 ]
emergency radio and TV

[ tent4 ]
view into the bathroom

[ TentView1 ]
Afternoon view from our tent.

[ baboon2 ]
We were visited by a baboon.

[ baboon1 ]
baboon posing for us

[ baboon3 ]
baboon grooming the staff

[ lynx2 ]
Then this lynx visited us.

[ TentView2 ]
Tuesday morning view from our tent.

[ group5 ]
Karen, Kathy and Ginger waiting for breakfast on the tent porch.

[ butch1 ]
Here comes Butch with food!

[ butch5 ]
Butch approaching our tent

[ butch2 ]
Feeding Butch

[ butch3 ]
Butch ate apples, oranges and bananas - with the peels.

[ butch6 ]
He's huge!

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