2007 July 2, Monday, Harmony Park Huntsville, Alabama

Monday, July 2, 2007

I went with Lora and the grandkids to take Meadow to her doctor's appointment with Dr. Bebin at 11:00 A.M.

Meadow had an MRA at Huntsville Hospital a few days before her appointment. Doctor Bebin showed us the MRA results. 

Doctor Bebin explained what we saw on the MRA. She said Meadow had a lot of dead tissue in the brain from the many strokes.

Lora had Doctor Bebin mail a copy of the MRA results to Maryland's Stroke Institute. 

Lora asked Doctor Bebin for directions to Harmony Park in Huntsville. She had one of the women at the front desk look up the directions on her computer. 

We ate lunch at Wendy's in South Huntsville. 

Harmony Park was located on the South side of Huntsville, 9 miles off Hobbs Island Road. 

Then we turned onto Clouds Cove Road. 

The admission cost is $6.00 per person, plus $1.00 for a cup of grain to feed the animals.

Harmony Park
March -November
Daily 10 A.M. -Sunset
431Clouds Cove Rd
Huntsville, AL 35803

We paid the admission price, bought two cups of grain, and entered the gate.

The kids rolled down their windows and started throwing grain out.

The next thing we knew, animals were coming at us from every direction.

We saw goats, deer, emus, rams, a zebra, and many other animals.

The kids handed me some grain, so I rolled down my window. 

I was going to throw the grain away from the car before I could get the grain out of my cup. Tattoo the Zebra stuck his head inside the window. 

I could not roll the window up because Tattoo would not move his head out of the window.

Tattoo the Zebra

I finally got Tattoo's head out of the window, then rolled it up.

The animals followed us as we crept forward, especially the goat.

We had a ram, ram his horns into our truck. 

Buffalo 

ostriches 

Camel

Lama

We saw alligators, Habib the Camel, lamas, horses, a longhorn steer, ducks, & buffalos.

We had loads of fun, Meadow was laughing and squealing along with the other kids.

We drove through twice and both times, it was a barrel of fun. 

The Zebra's name was Tattoo, and the Camel’s name was Habib.

Harmony Park specializes in exotic and endangered animals from around the world. 

This is an article I wrote and posted online about Harmony Park. 

I went to Harmony Safari (Zoo) that is what the kids called it, with my daughter and grandkids. 

I thought this would be a quick drive, but to my amazement, it turned out to be quite fun. 

The two older kids (9 and 7) each had a large cup of grain to feed the animals. 

They threw some grain out the window, and the animals —goats, deer, Zebra, and others — gathered around the car. 

We couldn't move, so I told the kids to give me some grain, and I would throw it out of the car. 

I rolled down the window." A big mistake." The next thing that I knew, Tattoo the Zebra had his head inside. 

I quickly tried to roll up the window, but Tattoo's head was stuck inside. 

We finally got him out, and we slowly moved forward. 

The kid's hand feeds the deer. 

We would roll down the truck windows and quickly roll them back up again. 

This was fun, but I told the kids to be careful because the ostriches would peck them. 

Anyone who loves animals and the outdoors would love this place.

We made a quick pit stop at a local store just off Hobbs Island Road. 

We went to Atlanta Bread Company, where we each ordered something different: one a Danish, one a cinnamon roll, and one a sweet roll. Lora and I ordered tea, Madison ordered a Coke, and Marcus ordered a coffee. 

We went to Comp USA, where Lora, Madison, and I took some pictures on a MAC. 

After an eventful day with Meadow's doctor visit, eating lunch at Wendy's, and snacking at Atlanta Bread Company, making pictures at CompUSA, and a drive-through adventure at Harmony Park, we rode home.