Wild Animal Park

It was Friday morning, and I wasn't used to waking up so early, because I usually don't have school. It was 9 o'clock and I was running late of schedule thinking I would be late arriving to the Wild Animal Park. As I was driving alone, I was worried I was driving the wrong way, but each time I saw a sign that said, "Wild Animal Park", it would calm my nerves a little. I arrived at the park, and I only saw one person from class there. I was thinking, "If I'm late, at least I'm not the only one". It turns out that I was actually early. I sat down in fron

t of the entrance while everyone came. When everyone arrived, we began walking all the way to the back where the Native plants were in the park.

When we got there, I looked around for awhile thinking, "Wow, this place is really nice, and it doesn't stink like animals." After the short presentation, we began the short tour.

We came across some cacti that I have never seen before. I usually pictured cacti as a big green prickly thing sticking out of the ground with one or two arms. This

one, on the other hand, reminded me of a funnel cake. It began to make me really hungry. I really liked the way cacti weave in and out and twist around each other. It looks very unique and extremely intricate.

This picture of the plant arching over the fence and curling at the end is beautiful to me. I think the way I took this picture was perfect, because coincidently, there is another cactus in the middle of the arch. I really like the color of the sky and clouds in this picture too. The blue sky and plant landscape gives you so much of the beauty within th

e area. Where as the partly gray clouds and the idea of cactus poking you, reminds you of the danger or some kind of caution. Thus, it gives me the idea that something so beautiful as native plants are being replaced, but why would you want to see something so pretty go away?

We then passed this weird looking plant that was really intriguing to me. The top green leaves were similar to how a palm tree looks like. The bottom part was what really caught my eye. To me, it looked like legs in stockings, but upside down. Right when I saw this plant, I knew I had to take a picture of it.

This picture of a bird on the cactus is one of my favorite pictures. I liked it because it was different from all the other pictures. It was a silouette of the bird and the cactus, against a background of white puffy clouds and a blue sky.

When I was going through my pictures, I was surprised that I was the one who took it, because the setting just looked so unreal. It was as if the bird and cactus and everything was put into place to make this picture.

After the tour, I went on the ride, "Journey to Africa", with 5 other people. It was really fun, but really cold as well. Seeing cute dirty smelly animals was a GREAT way to end the trip.