The Snake Farm

Seriously, I don't think I've laughed this hard in a l o n g time. My dad took us all to the Snake Farm close to San Antonio. In addition to many snakes, they also have monkeys, alligators, a zebra, a warthog, and a bunch of other weird and unexpected animals for this little whole in the wall in the middle of no where.

Well we decided to take the kids into the "petting zoo" area. This is more like a "get attacked" area. Instantly the animals were all over Travis, (he was the only one with a bag of feed), and the llama, (who was bigger than him), was his shadow. The kids were excited at first, but they soon turned terrified as the animals seemed to gang up on them all. My dad came into the fenced area to try to help us get some of the kids out, as the animals seemed to have us barricaded in so we couldn't leave, and this small little billy goat started ramming my dad. It would just back up and charge at him over and over ramming him with it's small little head. As if this wasn't funny enough, I put Dillon up on this bench so the animals couldn't reach him, (trying to help him feel a little more secure). All I hear is Dillon telling Molly that she should come up there with him because he was safe now and them I notice that same goat jump up on the bench and start ramming Dillon. So Dillon is scared to death and about two feet away from the end of the bench, as the goat keeps ramming him closer and closer to the end. I run over and reach out to him over this huge mud puddle that he would soon be pushed into. I'm reaching for him and yelling for him to jump to me, and at the last second, right before he was to fall, he reaches out and grabs my hand and I quickly lead him out of the gates. I felt bad for him, but I was laughing so hard I felt like I couldn't breath and all I wanted to do was take the kids back in there for a few more laughs. I know, there's something wrong with me. You'll just have to see for yourself.

(you can see the bench I put Dillon on in the right side of the picture)


Charlee was a little freaked out, but did a pretty good job taking control of the animals.



Molly seemed to enjoy herself, but got out of there quickly.


Dillon was pretty terrified the whole time, and as it turns out, with good reason.
(the goat up on Travis is the goat that eventually took on Dillon, feisty little thing)


The best thing about traveling in the motor home.