We left College Station at 1:15 am on May 20, 2010 and started our trek across the country. We relied on our trusty friends, Sacajawea (our super cool minivan) and Deborah (our tempermental GPS) to lead us in the right direction and get us safely to our first stop.
We were the creepers outside of the wildlife refuge in Oklahoma at 7:15 am... that is until all the "Hills have Eyes" people started showing up. Once they finally let us in, we trudged our way through the ankle deep water to explore the lion, tiger and bear exhibits. They warned us beforehand, that the male cats had a tendency to "spray" people walking by their cage. Despite this warning and Sarah yelling, Kayla was still the victim of not only one, but multiple spraying incidents. Kayla must have seemed rather appealing to the animals because on top of getting sprayed, several animals attempted to attack her through the fence!
One of the highlights of the trip was getting to hold an itty bitty baby tiger. She was only 2 weeks old and weighed three pounds. We had the opportunity to play with her and to feed her out of the bottle.
By 10:15, we were on the road again, headed to Oklahoma City to meet Michael for lunch.
"We've got a full van, and a full bladder back here... Cool it Nascar"
-Kayla
"You are going to pee behind the Oklahoma sign? Isn't that like peeing on the Alamo?"
-Kayla
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