Bearizona!

I did not know what quite to expect when taking the kids to Bearizona yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised to come upon a small little version of Yellowstone! I will have to download some pictures of the animals- they came so close to the car that at times it was a little freaky. We saw buffalo, mountain goats, doll sheep, arctic wolves and of course BEARS! they were everywhere and not shy at all. They would come right up to the car and sniff around. The highlight of the day was the walking part of the park because we were able to see some baby cubs up close. They were so sweet and tiny. Livia was disturbed that they were not with their mommies. The park worker explained that they actually bottle feed the cubs because since the female and male bears live together it just is not safe for the cubs to be with their mothers. Livy still didn't quite get it so the worker then had to explain that the daddy bears will kill the cubs if given a chance. This about did Livs in....... she could not believe that the bears could do such a thing! It really is crazy when you see these big cuddly looking bears that they are capable of being so vicious! the kids had a blast and Chad was so jealous he did not get to come with us. We will definitely be going back again. It is all the kids can talk about today.