Our Trip to McClelland's Critters Zoo

On Saturday we took a trip to McClelland's Critters Zoo. We'd heard great things about it from other people in the area, and the weather was gorgeous so we decided to give it a shot!

Have you seen the movie We Bought a Zoo ? This place totally reminded me of that.

Mr. Mike runs the place and gives guided tours. We got to see lions, tigers, and LIGERS (I know!), bears, cougars, monkeys, camels, a ZORSE and just about any and every farm animal you could imagine.

It was really hands on. Makaela was able to feed the farm animals, and had we wanted, Mr. Mike would have put a snake around our necks. He CLAIMS they give great massages. I didn't want to find out! Most of the people around us were all about it though - more power to 'em! We preferred hanging with the camel...

Did I mention how frickin terrifying the tiger was? Turns out I'd never REALLY heard a tiger roar until this adventure, and holy crap was it scary! If I ever heard that sound in the wild...

Equally terrifying was when Mr. Mike let the grizzly bear eat a marshmallow out of his mouth. Yes. Totally serious. Lip to lip. Human and bear. Yeah, I'm just not that brave or ambitious. Good for him though.

One of the cutest critters was a little wolf pup. Don't you just want to squeeze him?

We did. 

He was only a month old and already had a bit of a bite on him, but he was just so soft and playful. I wanted to take him home for a minute. Makaela was interested in the pup, but was definitely cautious, haha.

We had a great time at the zoo and can't wait to go back again and see how Makaela responds to the animals next time!