From the Redwood forest...to the Gamepark

We've covered a lot of ground since our last post. We made it to California, and the Pacific Ocean, saw fantastic scenery and unexpected animals. Once again, our posts are out of order but then so are our memories.

Once we left Oregon and arrived in California, we made a beeline for the Redwoods.

We made it our mission to hug the biggest one we could find. This one was certainly a fine candidate.

The redwood forest just looks prehistoric, what with the ferns and old trees and moss and...clovers?

Atop a downed Redwood. It was wider across than I am tall!

Our van amongst the redwoods.
I am so glad there were these little parks to stop in off the side of the road. It seems like the state or federal governments own most of the land in California, so there is quite a bit of public land and parks.

We also headed to a Game Park, since we were in dire need of animals to pet. Goats, Llamas, Deer, Ducks, Geese, Sheep, and Donkeys ran free through the park, and they had a bunch of exotic animals in cages. Apart from the goats, the highlight was hugging the baby Big Cats they had.

Bella the lion cub. She was as playful as a puppy and as cute as a kitty. And soft!

They also had a snow leopard cub named Bentley who had the bluest eyes this side of me.

Our one true love, goats. There were plenty of babies but this was the babiest, and he decided to have a tasty snack of shirt straps!

We finally got to hug a llama! These barely tolerated us, but at least they didn't run away like the ones at the monastery. Llamas are soft and delightful.

Later on in California, we finally came across some buffalo. Ah, America.

We are having the time of our lives!