9/7/07 Pet a Tiger Lately?

What a find, today we headed south 5 miles or so and found a wild life petting zoo, I have never heard of such a place, no way would they have this in California, to much liability baby. But here in Oregon anything goes..
www.gameparksafari.com in bandon oregon, really amazing, we pet and held in our laps a 6 week old baby White Siberian Tiger!
Also we pet a 5 month old black bear and a 3 month old Lynx. We also got to hold ferrets, skunks, possum, and we got to see a whole slew of other critters, tigers, lions, panthers, 4 horned sheep (that was a site), white peacocks, and many others.

When that baby tiger is about 4 yrs old, they will put him in the cage with the female and let them mate, she is already there waiting but the can't put him in now or she would kill him. Apparently they seperate him asap from the mom beacause when his eyes open at about 2 weeks old he will bond with whatever he sees and they want that to be a human if they ever hope to handle him as an adult. As cute as they are when they are babies, you really never forget that they are wild animals and they will hurt you in a playful way if you are not careful. They let us pet the bear while he sucked happily on a bottle of milk, but when the milk ran out, the petting was over and he was wild again.

Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me, all of life is so thrilling to me, humans, animals, trees, oceans and rivers, the beauty surrounds us at every turn. It really feeds me, i don't feel like i am in need so much of home, community, familiarity, in the same way, instead I feel fed everyday by the beauty all around, nature talks to me, holds me, loves me, inspires me. I really feel at one with all of it more than ever before and deeply in appreciation.

Everyday i must say 20 times. oh my god, look at that tree, wow, unbelievable, that moon, those clouds, oh look a hawk, a squirrel, oh my a train, oh look at the lights, it is so beautiful! Look Reese, look out the window, oh my god, look at this bridge, it is so amazing.. yeah, i'm loving it all!!

Did i mention the Oregon Dunes, 100 miles of coastline, giant white sand dunes, rugged jagged coastline, driftwood galore, and desolate, uncrowded, ok it is mid sept already, most of the crowds are gone, and it is pristine, peaceful, gorgeous landscape. Thank god steve wanted to play golf!

I got to visit an old friend today, Lily who i met in Maui 12 years ago, a girl as obsessed with pursuing the spiritual path as i was, we hit is off right away. And it is that same fuel that keeps us in touch today, Lily took us to some of her favorite beach spots to hunt for Agates and introduced us to her friends and we felt like locals for a few days. She also mentioned that there was a 3 bedroom house on a lake with a dock for rent for $1000 monthly just outside of Florence where she lives, sounds good to me.