Kualoa Ranch Fieldtrip with Trevor

I stood in for Nick on this fieldtrip to the Ranch. It was originally supposed to be 2 weeks ago, but due to the high winds we had, they canceled all the schools, therefore it was rescheduled to today. And...since he is now in Iraq, I went in his place.

It was about a 25 minute bus ride to the North shore. Then, we got off our bus, and onto these very 'lovely' buses with no window to tour the ranch.
It was really sunny!

Trevor and I got to sit in the back!

Here is an old sugar mill that was only in operation for 8 years until they realized the sugar they were producing was too dry.

We drove along a cliff and down into the Kaa'awa Valley where there were TONS of cattle. It was calfing season, so there were a lot of little babies running around.

We also passed a few longhorns along the way.....scary.

There are also old WWII bunkers on their property. That was neat to see.

Here is the view of the ocean out the back of the bus... we could see whale spouts all over. It was so neat. I wish they would have stopped so we could wait for them to surface!

We then got off the buses and walked around to visit some of the animals.
This is WILBER, the enormous pot belly pic, who at first, Trevor refused to go near. But as the rest of his class followed it around like a bunch of ducklings, Trevor finally gave in and pet him. He said "wow, mom...Wilber's really prickly!"

This is FLASH, their best working horse. All the kids got to feed him.

This is FELLA, the oldest spider monkey in captivity ON THIS PLANET! He's 47! We watched him eat bananas.

This picture didn't turn out as good as I was hoping. (thanks to the chain link fence) But you can see the ocean, palm trees and china man's hat in the distance. Just thought it looked funny with the 'ranch' setting in the foreground!

We fed lots of animals, and then had our lunch. Then the kids needed to burn off a little energy before heading back to the school. I don't know how Trevor didn't fall asleep on the way home, but he did take a nice nap once we got home that afternoon!