Iguanas, Giraffes, Elephants, And An Old Goat

This past Saturday was an animaly kind of day for the Oracle. After a mid-morning five mile hike through the paradise that is SOG City the Belle of Ballast Point and I headed for one of our favorite food and beer emporiums, the Bamboo Chicken - or as they prefer to call themselves, The Green Iguana on South Westshore.

As a side note, the Iguana has a new menu with some really tasty choices, like their Freakin' Patty Melt. I am not trying to be crude here, that really is how it is listed on the menu. The Ba Da Bing Burger is another outstanding selection.

Anyway, while we were enjoying our food choices one of our friends at the Iguana, Jena, stopped by to chat and told us about her adventures from the night before. It seems that Jena and her friends stumbled upon a mini circus on Dale Mabry near the Bucs stadium where they fed a giraffe and rode an elephant.

Well, giraffe feeding and elephant riding have been on my bucket list ever since I saw Samantha Brown do it on a couple of her shows on the Travel Channel. So after polishing off our lunch we headed up Dale Mabry and sure enough, there was the Shriner's mini circus in the parking lot south of the stadium.

With camera at the ready, we strode inside.

Blonde on a whirlygig

A dollar bag of carrots buys a friend

Midway of mirrors

Seven bucks a person - cheaper than a trip to Thailand

My wench captured a pirate

We will wrap up with a picture of a most charming fellow, Bucky the Goat, who is either an orthodontist's dream patient or nightmare.

Oh yeah, I had one last thought. Speaking of Ellie the elephant, do you know the difference between a saloon and an elephant fart?

One is a barroom and the other is a BARROOM!

You are welcome.

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