5 31 WILDLIFE SAFARI, WINSTON, OREGON

We had heard about this park on the way up to Seattle from Tucson but didn't have the time to see it, so we stopped today. It is a drive thru park like they used to have in southern California years ago. Debbie, Arleen's sister, and Arleen went thru the old Lion Country Safari, but Duane never had. So this was great fun for both of us.

I always thought bison were very dangerous. Whenever we had seen them before they we behind strong fences. Here they roam free and come very close to the cars, even with their new babies.


They had other wild animals, too. Like lions, and leopards, and bears, oh my!

He doesn't look very fierce does he? It was rather hot that day and the bears were resting. There was one bear laying in the pond who would occasionally blow bubbles in the water thru his nose. Very fierce looking :)

Camels walked around us (see the car mirror in the picture)

Giraffes

Rhinos

and Elephants, again walking right by the car

They used the elephants to wash cars. Another sign said, "car wash, guaranteed NOT to get your car clean"

A Rhea thought about joining us in the car

We heard about a wedding about to be performed. We were amazed to learn that an elephant was to be the ringbearer. Arleen could not resist the temptation to get pictures. And this one came out great. You can see the elephant handing the best man a basket with the ring in it. That was a highlight.

After leaving the park, we came upon this view. It turns out to be Mt. Shasta, which is over 14,000 feet tall. Beautiful.

We spent that night in Redding.