donald bale

thanks, i've been looking for the picture or video that gary was talking about but haven't found it yet.

gary, as much as i would like to go i'm not able to go this year, maybe if they have a 40th. i can go. i didn't know the video was up and running yet, i will have to check it out, the little clip that was posted earlier really brought back memmories.

warner leroy's hard hat was a sight to see up close, that picture didn't show all the jewels and detail it had on it. but it was funny to look at.

you should also add a great adventure patch to the capsule.

gary, i seem to recall a guy that came there the second year we were there and worked with the cats, his name was jim. i don't remember his last name but he was a very good artist. he drew some of the best animal drawings i had ever seen.

Butch Dring- our fearless leader Rick Wallace with leopards in pen

big cats in open season

these are of the animals in their sections during the open season

Me and baby rhino These five pics are gary hill and the baby This is john king from the first section of the park

baby rhino with mother

baby rhino

baby rhino

I found more pictures to add to my album but i wanted to tell you a story about some of them before I added to this page. during the off season Gary and I had the same routine day in and day out just about every day. Well it was quite a surprise to enter the barn one morning and have a baby rhino run out through the bars and come to us. We got our work done but spent most of the day playing with the new baby. My memory isn't as good as it used to be so I had to ask Gary their names. He said the first one, a female, was called Quannza or Kidogo and the second born was a male named Dino. The pictures I have are one or both of the babies I cant remember so I refer to the pictures as baby rhino.