Bedtime with the Beasts - Bedding Down May 6, 2006 10:10 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , add a commentSleep comes.
The time on this post doesn’t make sense. Oh! The daylight savings problem on WordPress time stamps still exists. Wow. My time stamps are 2 hours off. That means we settled in not at 10:10pm but at 12:10am.
The night hike was very interesting. We saw white tigers, snow leopards, heard birds, the whelp of a wild Tommy as his foot slipped off the sidewalk and he fell like a muppet but without injury, heard lions roar, and tigers howl. At the end of our hike, we changed clothes and laid out our sleeping bags, then were treated to some biofacts of ivory, rhino horns, snake skins, teeth, etc, most of which are illegal to possess unless you are a zoo. It did not take long for everyone to find sleep.
add a commentBedtime with the Beasts - Snow Leopard Struts Her Stuff May 6, 2006 8:57 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , 2commentsSnow leopard gave us a great show
No pictures were allowed during our night hike so I cannot show the beauty of the snow leopard. As we approached, she stalked us and our instructors’/guides’ flash lights would catch a glimpse of her peeking out. One of our guides used to feed this particular snow leopard so as she began talking the animal pranced to up to the cage to be as close as possible. She holds her super fluffy tail in her mouth and twirls as if to say, "isn’t it beautiful!"
2commentsBedtime with the Beasts - Night Hike May 6, 2006 7:20 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Video , 1 comment so farWolves howling and lions roaring very cool.
Of course, with the interstate so close, you also hear the roar of traffic.
Nothing is wrong with the video. It should be black. I made it with a Canon PowerShot A95 and didn’t know how to record only sound.
1 comment so farBedtime with the Beasts - Photos May 6, 2006 6:49 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , add a commentPictures are being posted to http://flickr.com/photos/mccaughan
add a commentBedtime with the Beasts - Marriage May 6, 2006 4:52 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cathy, Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , 2comments
Wedding at the gorillas tonight. Scouts having to tiptoe by ultra quietly.
Update: It was actually at the bears and the reception was at the tent in Kids Cove. Thanks to their music, we were able to rock around the clock while learning about condors. I can think of 1000 other places I would want to get married other than the zoo. I’m quite pleased with Guns N Garters in Gatlinburg! Note that the picture (larger view) shows Baskin N Robbins which is a great place for a small, intimate reception.
Bear video and another bear video (both of these are from the following day).
2commentsBedtime with the Beasts - Arrival May 6, 2006 3:47 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , add a commentWe have arrived at the zoo safely.
Some parents were already at Gate 1. Turns out some Girls Scouts have laid claim to the Audubon Society building from the 1800s so we will be at Tiger Tops (Gate 9). Tiger Tops is one of the original zoo buildings that was a small restuarant which patrons could enter and "eat at the zoo" without ever entering the zoo. Gate 9 requires an escort so we are to pile 20 scouts, 5 adults, and their related gear into the 4 cars that will be staying. Physics doesn’t allow such miracles so all parents are allowed into Gate 9 to drop off then the parents not staying are let back out with a footnote that pickup will be at the main entrance not Gate 1. No one mentions needing a 7am exodus.
After getting out of the car, Noah and Phillip walk within 6 feet of a rabbit without noticing and scare it away. Bad omen?
add a commentBedtime with the Beasts - Traffic Report May 6, 2006 3:37 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , add a commentEast bound flows. I 40 west is a parking lot!
add a commentBedtime with the Beasts - Lots o’ Traffic May 6, 2006 3:36 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , add a commentJust now made the interstate. What day is this!
add a commentBedtime with the Beasts - Travel May 6, 2006 3:30 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah, Tommy , add a commentThe boys are stuck in traffic trying to get to the interstate. East bound looks good.
add a commentIn the jungle, the lion sleeps tonight May 6, 2006 6:54 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Noah , add a commentTonight I get the pleasure of taking 25 cub scouts to the Zoo to spend the night. Two years ago Cathy took the girlscouts. Noah may be just a little excited; at 8am, he asked, "when are we leaving?" This trip sounds really fun!
Noah actually went with the girlscouts when he was 8 years old but had a 1 hour long nose bleed and was picked up early. Hopefully we won’t repeat that tonight.
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