Petting Zoo Fun!

I should have known that the Petting Zoo in San Juan Capistrano was going to be a laugh riot when I asked Siri "Where is the Petting Zoo?" when I was in San Juan today.  Siri replied, politely, "The zoo of petting is very close to where you are now."  I feel like she needed some sort of accent to word it this way....(Oh you can just imagine the delight on Rick's face!)

Lets address the obvious question:  Why the heck were you at a petting zoo?  I needed to GET OUT OF THE HOUSE people!  (Recovering from surgery, different story, totally not funny.)  So...here are Rick and I at Zoomars Petting Zoo.  Me:  "YAY!!!"  Rick:  "It stinks here."  Lady at the Entrance:  "Do you want admission only, or purchase any animal food?"  Rick:  "Admission only."  Me:  "PURCHASE ANIMAL FOOD!!  YAY!!"

Here are the funny/ironic/interesting thigs that ensued:

There is a huge dinosaur statue there.  Huge.  Life size. True to the historical flora and fauna of San Juan Capistrano?  Not sure if there were ever any Apatosaurus' roaming SoCal.

The majority of the animals at the Zoo of Petting were, wait for it, Guniea Pigs.  Are you kidding me??  Guinea Pigs are rats with a better PR Agency.  Think Lindsey Lohan vs. Ke$ha.

There was a Birthday Party/Picnic area.  AND it was packed.  It smelled like goat shit, ya'll.

Llamas love carrots, a lot, and have hideously poor mouth chewing manners, certainly not enhanced by their lack of dentistry.  One of them was very happy to have his matted, stinky neck scratched.  Like Ruby, only not as Princess-ey.

The bunnies were largely being chased and tortured by toddlers, so I spotted a beautiful black one trying to evade little Nathan in his cowboy outfit, and I slipped him a fat purple grape.  He was grateful.  (I would have like to have slipped little Nathan some Prozac.)

The line for the pony rides was depressing.  Don't get me started.  I may or may not have PETA on the horn as we speak.

I loved the wooly, semi-shorn sheep.  I will never understand how people can eat them.  Sorry, I know, not the place, just sayin'.  They have sweet faces and gentle demeanors. Maybe that's why God chose them to represent His beloved humans in so many ways.

One of my fav moments was Rick conversing with an Ostrich or Emu or something.  They had the same hairstyle.

So, all in all, Zoo of Petting excursion was a rousing success!  I got out, I got to pet things, feed things, and when I got home, got to perplex my dog with very strange animal smells.  It's always funny to see her go from GREETGREETGREET!!!!....to Wait!....What the heck is THAT?  SNIFFSNIFFSNIFF.....

It's a happy day when you go to a petting zoo so crappy that the big feature is Guniea Pigs, and you are STILL stoked!  My husband loves me.

just Dawn