Giraffes And Zebras And Boars...Oh My!

Although she REALLY tried...Anne couldn't stay away from Walt Disney World while in Orlando.  Therefore, right before leaving Indy, reservations were made at the Animal Kingdom Lodge.   In the morning we packed up the Rig and headed for some Disney magic.  The hotel was incredible and felt like you were on an African Savannah...antelope, ostriches, ankole cattle & lots of other animals were right outside our balcony and everywhere we looked on the property.  So, after a full day of working out, hanging by the pool and relaxing in the steam room we watched animals from our hotel room, blogged & enjoyed beverages before dinner.   Then we ended the night seeing even more animals through night vision goggles while sipping vino!

If you look very closely you'll see Anne & Babbitt leaving our site at Bill Fredrick Park

 Babbitt watching amazed as a hungry giraffe munches on his lunch next to our hotel balcony
The animals were much closer than we expected...no need to spend the day at a theme park when you have this view

The pool was closed when we first got there because of an "incident"...
but after a few minutes & a little bit of magic it reopened clean as could be...
plus after a few Disney cocktails and Anne winning poolside BINGO twice, we forgot all about it

We laid out & caught some rays right across from these flamingos...they didn't even smell

The animals stay out until 8:00 a.m. everyday...so you can't miss them
Thanks to Anne The O'Babbitt's got to check this one off our bucket list too!

The O'Babbitt's in the lobby after a delicious dinner at Jiko
Babbitt put himself to bed after dinner, while the ladies had a nightcap

Katie & Anne looking out on to the Savannah one more time
Not sure what made Katie cry harder...leaving the Animal Kingdom Lodge to go
back to living in the Rig or saying goodbye to Anne?