Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Prarie Dog Town and Kansas Plains

Hello, faithful readers. Here is a long-awaited post of our adventures through Kansas!
We saw signs along the highway for "World's Largest Prairie Dog! Prairie Dog Town! 6-Legged Cows! Pet Baby Pigs! 50 Miles Ahead!" and followed them to a wonderfully cheesy roadside attraction/zoo. They had animals not commonly found in zoos, like raccoons and badgers, as well as lots of stuffed (as in taxidermied) animals, farm animals, and prairie dogs running free.

Jackelope!
They had a stuffed Jackelope. I haven't seen one in the wild yet, but this is my bigfoot.


Piglets
A pile of piglets! They were too small to play with, unfortunately. There was also one that was slightly out of place, with deer-colored fur and stripes!


Hungry Coyotes
These adorable coyotes were fiends for dog biscuits. Go Figure!


Goat
The obligatory goat shot. We probably fed them the most. We're suckers for goats, especially floppy-eared goats.


Prarie Dog
Prairie Dogs were peeping up all over the place


Bobcat
A very shy bobcat who kept hissing at us.


Fox pile
Sleepy foxes


Badgers
Sleepy Badgers


Donkey Lips
The softest Donkey Face ever. He kept following us around looking for more treats. He liked dog biscuits, too!


Sunflower Bee
Kansas had wild sunflowers growing all over the place. This bee decided to take advantage.


World's Largest Prarie Dog
Here is the World's Largest Prairie Dog. It wasn't real at all!


Steer!
A very pointy steer.


6-legged cow
The prize of the place, a six legged cow. It kind of looks like a baby stuck in there.



5-legged cow
And its neighbor, the five legged cow.



Plains
Finally, a nice shot of the plains of Kansas. It was the first state back in the midwest, so it was quite a sight to see after so many weeks of cliffs, canyons, oceans and mountains.

We didn't get a chance to go to the Wizard of Oz museum, but after playing the slots in Vegas I sure had a hankering.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Angelica and Jim
    Incredible photos! I love all those floppy ears soft noses! Thank you!

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