The Lazy 5 Ranch

Last Friday, we met Debbie, Madeleine, Dana, Whitney, Lane and Harrison up at the Lazy 5 Ranch. This is like a huge petting zoo/ranch in Mooresville, NC complete with Zebras, giraffes, ostriches, emus, llamas, and tons of other wild animals. It is the neatest place!! Once you get inside the ranch, you can go walk around and feed the camels, goats, and llamas. There are peacocks walking all around, and even a baby bear. We all got into my car to ride together, and laid the seats down in my van. Debbie drove, and the rest of us sat in the back with the side doors open. As soon as I got through telling the children to be calm and not scream once the animals approach, I let out a shriek because an emu (similar to an ostrich, and very very friendly here!!!) poked his head, eye level with my face, into the van searching for food. We had purchased three buckets of food for the animals. As you drive through the 3.5 mile ranch, you see all kinds of animals. There were some that actually tried to climb into our car!! The kids had a ball, and loved feeding all of the animals, which for the most part were tame, although very comfortable coming right up to you and eating from your bucket. Jackson was not so sure about feeding the animals, and decided his job was to watch out the back window and warn us when an animal was approaching up the side of the car. He did eventually feed the llamas once we were out of the car. Here are some pictures that I took! Check out the website for more info: http://www.lazy5ranch.com/.