It was an interesting trip and a long one. Hollywild is about an hour from Asheville, so we were planning to be there by 8pm. Well, we got there at 8:04pm.. not bad right? We didn't get to Hollywild at 8:04pm, we got 4/10th of a mile from Hollywild. There was a line to get in, BOTH WAYS! Incredible. So we sat in line for an hour, I kid you not. We finally got in to sit in another line to pay. So, about 9:10pm we were on our way to look at lights.
If you have never been to Hollywild, it is a zoo that houses Hoolywood animals that no longer work. The Carolina panther for the football team also lives there. It is a really cool place to go. They have a safari area where there are zebras, llamas, and thousands of deer (Phillip's dream, but without his bow,,,lol)....There are these HUGE cows, bulls and yaks that just wander around. So, you get to drive through this, park and feed these anmals from your car. There was a zebra standing in front of one car, refusing to move ( I think he was holding out for more food). We had one zebra that almost hit the van, walking right up on us!
They also have Santa's land where they have a petting zoo full of baby animals, goats, llamas, etc. They also have a place where all of santas reindeer are. Very cool.
We saw the Von Dohlen's (the girls' kindergarten teacher, Kyle's basketball coach and a good friend of mine) as well. That was great. We love them :) We headed out as it was 10:30pm at this point. The trip wasn't near as long, so that was good.
We had alot of fun and I think Sammy enjoyed it. There was alot to look at.
Today Candace and I are going to take Sammy to the Biltmore Square Mall to see Santa. THAT should be interesting. He is all about some stranger danger...lol..I think he will probably not appreciate us doing this, but it is more a photo op for me and Candace than anything...lol... i will post more pictures later !
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