Lazy 5 Ranch

 We are kicking off the year with one crazy adventure at Lazy 5 Ranch... and it was COVID safe! :) 

Lazy 5 Ranch is a cool little feeding zoo, near Charlotte, where you can drive thru and feed the animals from your car. We decided to make a day trip to check it out. We had no idea what to expect and this place did not disappoint! 

When we got there we were able to purchase the buckets of feed - so we got two. Then they told us to simple enjoy and drive on the path. Once we crossed a gate, there were a TON of animals just roaming up to cars on the path. They were SO smart and well trained (and fed). These animals would come right up to your window and stick their big ole mouths in the bucket and eat. They each had their own personalities and little methods of getting food: the emu would peck aggressively at the food, the llamas would stare us down and road block in order to get food but they were super gentle, there were giant long horn somethings that would almost take off the side of your car, there were sweet little skittish deer, and many more! 

Blake was a little nervous at first, but he quickly got excited about hanging out the window and feeding the animals. Joyner was so easy going and calm. I, on the other hand, was a nervous wreck! Haha. It probably had something to do with the first animal that I fed, which was a gigantic bison. When I went to put the food bucket out the window, all of a sudden his giant tongue came out and attacked me! Well, it really just licked my hand, but it was TERRIFYING! I basically just screamed a lot and dumped all the food I could into his mouth - which most of it missed and ended up in the car. It was a hot mess of a situation. However, it gave us endless laughs for the rest of the day! 

We had such a good time and we started the year off with belly laughs - what more could we ask for?!