Because the Bronx Zoo is one of my favorite spots on earth, I was a little sad when I realized Fayetteville didn’t have a zoo.  Happily, nearby-ish is a drive-through safari! Not only did I get to spend some quality time with pot-bellied pigs today, immediately revitalizing my childhood love, but we also saw a mother deer cleaning her brand new fawn whose birth we must have literally just missed.  Along the way we also saw tigers, lions, zebras, longhorns, wildebeests, antelope, monkeys, foxes, leopards, kangaroos and an old tortoise up close.  And emus. Did I mention emus?  Because right about the time we drove through their section an incredible rain storm began, and there may be nothing more terrifying than having a lot of emus surround your precious brand new car in a torrential downpour.  (And if terrifying is too strong a word, please remember that just a few weeks ago we were living near Broadway and 187th Street in Manhattan.)

To add to the whole “we’re not in New York anymore” theme, Troy drove us home through the beautiful Ozark National Forest while I stared out the window and daydreamed about my future pet pig.

Hook ‘em Horns.  (But please don’t hurt our car.)