Spring Break 2014

Featuring: Kathy, Pat, Jean, Brendan and Owen




Jean, Brendon and Owen hiked in Mammoth Cave while Kathy and Pat recovered from the long trip to Kentucky

         
What a wonderful cave hike!


The next morning we headed to this great zoo and cave walk

         
Brendan subdues a snake.....Posing with an eagle....We needed hard hats with lights and flashlights for the cave because it doesn't have lights!  How cool is that?

      
Entrance to the cave....A still....Mackey J tells us about the cave

      
It was a beautiful cave

         
A formation from below and then from above

      
Checking for treasures

         
Sorting through the old coins they found

         
Where's Owen?....He wandered away....to play with a cat!

      
A lookout

   
Pat and a ring-tailed lemur



            
What fun!

      
Sheep....Awwww, a baby!

         
Puppies....One day old lambs....Watching the dogs herd the sheep

         
Pat washing udders and then milking a cow....for the first time in his life!



      
Petting several kangaroo

      
Petting a big emu

      
Birds
White peacocks are not albinos; they have a genetic mutation that is known as Leucism, which causes the lack of pigments in the plumage.  Albino animals and birds have a complete lack of color and red or pink eyes while White peafowl have blue eyes.  The white color appears in other domestically bred peafowl but in different quantities.  Chicks are born yellow and become white as they mature, according to the Peafowl Varieties Database.

      
Dingo....Brendan in the gift shop

   
Excellent B-B-Que



         
There were several freakishly large stuffed animals about....Stock pictures of the water fun area

         
The Northern Lookout

      
Scenery



            
We went to a ton of small shops....But we didn't go in either of the two pictured above....Pat got some Christmas shopping done

         
The Lahms went on a hike



      
Laura, Daphne and Erin spent some of their Spring Break at the Radison in Merrillville....And the girls spent most of their time in the pool!

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