Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch

Today we had some more much needed family time and it was a total blast!!!  Because we love any family time we can get, the kids and I tagged along with Matt on business to Sierra Vista.  While Matt was at worked, we played  of course.  Elena's 1st grade teacher has family in Sierra Vista and she was visiting them for the Holidays, so we decided to meet up with her at McDonalds for breakfast and let the kids play.  It was great fun talking and getting to know each other better.  Why I didn't get a picture, I don't know...I hate it when I do that.  Then we went to the ever so famous J.J's house....Cody's best friend across the street from when we used to live there.  It is always fun to see them together, it is like no time ever passes in between visits.

On the way back to Mesa,we decided to stop at a place we have driven past 100 times and have never stopped.  It is called Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch and it is just north of Tucson. We started out by riding in a gigantic monster truck...again, never got a picture of us right up against the truck...super bummed about that, but you can see it in the back ground of this picture of the kids with ostrich feather dusters.


And you can see them going up the ramp to get on the big truck.  

So on the monster truck you receive a fantastic tour of the Ostrich farm, along with a ton of educational information.  We learned all about Ostriches, Saguaro Cactus, Picacho Peak and more. Our tour guide/driver was awesome!!!  Then we went 4 wheeling, it was really fun!!

We finished up by "fishin' for Ostriches"

This is where you clip orange slices on to a rope that is connected to a pole (your fishing pole) and lower it down for the ostriches to eat.  So interactive and so much fun!!! What a cleaver idea!!

After the monster truck, we went onto the farm.  They give you a ton of food to feed the animals. You start out feeding the donkeys, then the deer, then the goats.  The goats cracked me up...They had this contraption thing, that you would put food in this yellow cup and then crank this crank and it sends the food up to the goats.  The goats were lifted up several stories high (remember how goats love heights?).

Then they had this other one where the goats stick their heads through these holes so you can feed them...so hilarious!!!! We all loved it!!

You also had another chance to feed the ostriches and then they had prairie dogs and the cabbage patch kids (miniature goats) you could feed.  Then we fed these beautiful white ducks.

 The last animal we fed were the Lorikeets, which turned out to be our favorite!!! You walk in and hold your cup of nectar...the birds take the lid off for you and gobble the nectar up.  It was SO awesome!!!!! Anyways....we TOTALLY recommend this for a very unique experience that is fun for the whole family!!

Here are some of the videos from the trip.  I think you will especially enjoy Elena's laugh in the Lorikeet Video.  Videos are not loading...but I put a few on my FB page.