Focht Family Blog

The next day Nathan and I had to be at the spa at 3:00 so I had the morning free to take the kids somewhere. Nathan stayed at the RV to get some work done and my mom and I took the kids to Zoo America. It is a small zoo but we had reciprocity. One of my favorite animals I saw was the porcupine. The porcupine was up in a tree and looked dead (he wasn’t). When I mentioned it in the store they said he looks like a Q-Tip in the winter because he stays up in the tree and gets snowed on…

In one of the buildings they had some of the nocturnal animals. I tried to get a picture of the foxes but it is still a dark picture…

We stuck around for the 11:00 feeding of the bears. Here are the kids waiting near the bears…

When the staff came out they placed a metal tub on the ground and layered ice and cut fruit into it. Then they came out with two whole melons and threw them into the pool. When the largest bear came out he used his paw to hit a watermelon and then grabbed it with his mouth. It was quite impressive to see him with a watermelon in his mouth. Here is a picture of the largest bear when he came out. Timmy took one look and said that it was just like the bear that ran in front of us in Vermont.

Here is one of the smaller bears. I think it was shedding its fur or something…

After the zoo we found a Red Robin for lunch since mom wasn’t planning on having a great dinner and I knew I was missing dinner because of the times I set for my spa appointments. Nathan and I went to the spa a little early and tried out the jacuzzis at the hotel. Then I headed in for my Cuban Immersion (scrub and wrap) while Nathan had a beer and enjoyed the jacuzzis and the steam room. After my treatment I met Nathan and ate a chocolate muffin for my dinner. Then we had the last massage appointment of the day. We left at 8:00 as the spa was closing very relaxed! :)