Alligator and Friends Park

Yesterday was a L-O-N-G but fun day. Chris drove a U-haul to Louisiana for his aunt and instead of her having to drive him all the way back we decided that we would pick him up. Since I never know when I'll get a migraine, my mom didn't let me drive alone (I still listen to my mom!). Then I figured there had to be something fun to do in Shreveport (Chris and Aunt Connie went 3 hours farther away and she drove him to Shreveport to shorten our trip). Sure enough there was so me, my mom, and the kiddos piled into the car for a road trip. Wyatt was sooo excited. He didn't sleep at all til the ride home (he was on a mission not to sleep and enjoy every second). Our 3 hour drive was a little longer since of course the antibiotics Kenley's been on for her ear infections made my normally constipated little girl have major blowouts THREE times. I know, way too much information, but you have to understand the full excitement of this trip. :/ No mama wants to deal with this and especially while pregnant with a nose that can smell 5 miles away. Anyways, we made lemonade with lemons, shared lots of laughs and with a little (or a lot) of teamwork made it to Shreveport and to this neat little place called Alligators and Friends. It was a small little zoo-type place (the small places are always the best because check out how close we were to these animals). 

 

Looking at gators. LOTS and LOTS of gators. They look like stone until one will decide to snap or plop into the water. I could have watched the ones gliding in the water all day long. It was so neat.

 

Due to our little pit stops Chris actually made it in time to look at animals with us and it was perfect because he was able to tell us about all the deer and other animals.

Across the water, all those lumpy things are gators. They were everywhere. There's some swimming below Wyatt and we'd watch them go under the bridge we were standing on and come out the other side. 

Kenley was mesmerized, too. She's watching one on the grass opening and shutting his mouth. Probably looking at her... eeek!

 



This is not zoomed in! They were so close. And I kept my kids close, but there was a fence and metal mesh stuff, but still it was kinda creepy and kinda neat. 

They each got one ride and a prize from the store. Wyatt got a squeaky alligator toy and a bag of plastic gators for his sandbox and Kenley got a pink sheep stuffed animal that is a purse. 

After this we found a little place to have a crawfish dinner and then we were back on the rode again. We got home around 11 pm, but it was worth it for a little adventure. I used to go on adventures like this all the time with my mom (she is so not a planner). She'd wake us up and say we were going on a rode trip somewhere and to get ready. We loved it. But I'm such a planner that I have to remind myself to do stuff like this every now and then. Wyatt loved it! And I think Kenley did, too! Thanks for coming with us Grammy, we hope you had fun, too.


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