Lions, Tigers, and Bears.... Oh My!!!

"Oh my!" is right!  We spent the night at Emirates Park Resorts and Zoo just on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi! The purpose of this trip was, that Tai had to report the the main campus for work. "Papa Bear" found this wonderful hotel for us to stay at (The price is pocketbook friendly!!!) because he felt that it would be great fun for "Baby Bear" and I while he was at boring work.

We checked in rather late, at 11pm and walked to our rooms and went straight to bed. Throughout the night I heard these weird noises!!!! To our amazement in the morning we found out who the weird noisy neighbors were. GIRAFFES!!!! GOATS!!!! ZEBRAS!!!! and IMPALAS!!!!! They were right outside our door to the hotel room!!! HOW COOL IS THAT????? So being the "Momma Bear" that I am, I woke the kid up out of perfect sleep and took him the to the front door to take pictures! After Kaleb's PJ photo shoot we got dressed and walked a total of 20 steps to the zoo entrance. (Later I found the backdoor that we  could have taken from our room!)

I was surprised at the size of the zoo, and the plan for additions . I thought it was going to be just a petting zoo with a few cool animals. I was wrong and was glad to be wrong. We bottle fed baby goats and grass fed camels, cows, a wombat,  donkey, and too many others to think of. Not only did we feed animals, we view an array or other cool species. Yes we got to see Lions, Tigers and Bears!!! OH MY!!!!

It was an awesome experience to spend the night at the zoo! I think this will be one childhood memory that will last for a life time.

Outside our hotel room door!

Who knows what I am????

"Swiper no swiping!"

White Tiger

"Ships of the Arabian Desert "

Kaleb feeding the donkeys!

Goat

Cow

Keisha taking pictures and feeding the baby goat.

Good Morning! We really spent the night at the ZOO!!!

Our hotel room neighbors!

Good morning neighbor!

"We are spending the night at the zoo!"