Mr. Turtle, why are you so slow?? That was the main question asked at the Austin Zoo on Sunday. (Sorry this is a couple days late, but I remembered everything!!!) The Austin Zoo is made up of all rescued animals. Sadly you can tell the ones that were abused and mistreated. But it was nice to see they were taken care of and loved for their next part in life!
Laila was in ahhh with all the animals they had!! But it was miss Lainie Lou that fell in love with the turtle and the rooster!! Every time she saw the turtle she would scream with excitement! The turtle didn't seem to phased as he kept moving along at about 1 mph. But at one point, they were both looking eachother, probably wondering the same thing, who are you!! The rooster however did not feel the same as Lainie, as it kept running away every time she got near!! They also had a petting zoo where you could feed the goats, deer and pigs! Lainie had no problems putting her hand in with the food! Laila however was a little hesitant and had us give her share to the animals. Either way all parties were happy in the end!! We ended up going to the zoo at 10am to avoid the heat!! Which we were happy we did, since it was already in the high 90's by the time we left!! Uhhhgggg!!! This heat is hard to get used to!!
After the zoo we ended up going back to the hotel (my pick, just had to remind you all! :) ) and had lunch, got refreshed and then headed out for our land/water tour of Austin. This was a great way to learn about the city! Andy, Laila, Lainie and I boarded the duck boat/bus, along with our duck noise makers!! The young girl infront of Laila probably wished they never handed those out!! Laila didn't stop making duck noises the entire time!! The bus driver however, loved her enthusiasm!!! The tour was soooo good that both girls fell asleep in our arms half way through the trip! That almost never happends!!! Lets just say we didn't tip the boat, but made sure the tip our tour guide!! :) We ended the evening with visiting the state capital. What an amazing looking building from afar and close up! As we went inside, we had to go through the metal detectors. Laila was following the rules as she gave the officer her duck whistle as she entered the detector! She passed!! We all did!! After the capital we went back to the hotel to go swimming and bed!! It was a good day!!!
I'm sure you are all wondering what Andy did to even out the score?? After we got back to the hotel from the zoo, a man pulled up to our car, got out and visited with Andy. I couldn't tell what they were talking about, but it made my stomach drop!? Did we cut someone off, were we doing something wrong??? After the man left in his car, I asked Andy what that was all about. Andy said the man and his wife were on their way to his father-in-laws funeral, his wife was 4 months pregnant and all their credit cards were denied. They had no way of getting anywhere since they were running out of gas. So the kind person Andy is gave them some money. Most people would not do this, I would be one of them at times, but Andy showed me as well as his little girls, that there is still kindness in people! We will never know if this money was used for what the man said, but Andy's huge heart didn't judge! Good things happen to good people in the end!
P.S. a little video of Laila at the zoo!! EN
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