More fun at Binder Park! This wasn't the same idyllic trip we made in June, owing to throngs and an unnapped groucheroo. But any day you get licked by a giraffe is a good day, amirite?! All was right with the world after a little shut-eye on the ride home, and some backyard camping.

Many, many people had the same idea we did

D resolved to be patient . . . . for a while

Mama I want to get in this jeep!

D was captivated by evidence of 'poachers' but only because he wanted to take the tusks home

Dada performs his primary functions: transportation and financing

I'm supposed to do what, now?

The grown woman in front of us in line broke her bits of lettuce into thimble sized pieces to prolong her personal enjoyment of the giraffe. This was the beginning of the end for D.

Are you sure you're done? Can you double-check please?

"It's a water fountain that's just my size!"

Bouncing on the air mattress

What this tent needs is the bulldozer from my sandbox!

We found a baby bear while camping, and he needs a new Daddy

New Daddy identified