A monkey's uncle!

I'm an uncle! This is my new niece named Kendal! This experience reminded me of another one...hmm..

This is me holding Li Bao, Zoo Boise's baby Gibbon! What a beauty. It's so amazing how "human-like" these primates are. When I was holding Kendal all I could think about was how much it reminded me of interacting with Li Bao. They both are very timid towards strangers, are bottle fed, and wear diapers!

FYI: Li Boa is an ape NOT a  monkey. An easy way to tell the difference is monkey's have tails and apes do not.

Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday everyone!

We arrived in St. Louis yesterday at around 5:27pm. I owe a lot of thanks to "Alicia" my GPS who guided us the whole way. I have been to St. Louis before so I knew what to expect. Let me tell you...It is strange being in a place like San Francisco then only days later being here. Different everything. As for wildlife, on our way into the city we saw A LOT of wild turkeys. That was a first. It reminded me of my pet turkey back home named "Tina." A lot people do not know that I have a pet turkey (FYI: makes for a great conversation piece)! I received her for my 18th birthday. She has a very timid personality but believe it or not, she is actually trained to head back into her pen by the sound of my clap! Gotta love it!

Tina my pet turkey

Open for business???

Again, I know it's not animal related but I wanted to share how hard it was to find gas in Wyoming! This poor station hasn't seen a customer since the 1950's!

Pronghorn Antelope

On the road I was on the look  out for native Wyoming wildlife. Lets just say Wyoming did not disappoint me! We saw hundreds of Pronghorn Antelope grazing on the grasses just off the freeway. Both male and female antelope have horns (although the males horns are bigger).

Welcome to Wyoming!

Yes, that's me hanging from the Wyoming sign off the freeway on our way to St. Louis! What a jump! We spent the majority of our day driving through Wyoming. I can explain Wyoming in three words: dry, flat, and windy! I still really enjoy the state and am glad that there was no snow! Wohoo!