tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post8938331908628479114..comments2024-03-28T16:44:05.806-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Lion Country Safari, May 1974Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-90104797079965130772011-11-01T11:52:06.027-07:002011-11-01T11:52:06.027-07:00Outsidetheberm, I WISH I had photos of the Jeep Ri...Outsidetheberm, I WISH I had photos of the Jeep Ride! Believe me, if I ever find any I will post them.<br /><br />Chuck, it sounds awesome!<br /><br />Douglas, any idea why the jeeps wouldn't have glass AND bars??Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-51193457228570073872011-10-31T06:46:49.517-07:002011-10-31T06:46:49.517-07:00For a while a close friend of mine worked at LCS, ...For a while a close friend of mine worked at LCS, and I got to go out with him once in one of the employee jeeps, which had bars on the windows but no glass, so I found myself more face-to-face with a lion than I really cared to be. Went there a number of times. Great place. Much missed.Douglas McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-32832119554309379132011-10-31T04:56:40.761-07:002011-10-31T04:56:40.761-07:00[Shudder] The Jeep Ride...one of my all-time, most...[Shudder] The Jeep Ride...one of my all-time, most frightening childhood memories. <br /><br />Stuck alone in a jeep on a track with a steering wheel that did nothing, unable to stop my vehicle or turn around, I was dragged whimpering into a blacklit tunnel painted with flourescent native spears and shields (all I saw before I closed my eyes tight shut agaist the terrifying menace), certain I was about to be whisked away and dropped into some boiling cauldron to become one of Shrunken Ned's display models. Thanks for dragging THAT memory to the surface.<br /><br />I'll be sleeping with the light on tonight...Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-78246150923371170202011-10-30T22:21:04.615-07:002011-10-30T22:21:04.615-07:00Ha! I remember our car being surrounded by zebras....Ha! I remember our car being surrounded by zebras....Connie Morenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14112860706520621190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-85103013870652544102011-10-30T12:02:05.520-07:002011-10-30T12:02:05.520-07:00The fence kept the Giraffe from the entertainment ...The fence kept the Giraffe from the entertainment center - the camp you see behind. The raised area is probably not a roadway, but, instead, the railbed for the short lived train. <br /><br />Always enjoy some great Lion Country Safari shots. Thank you, Major! <br /><br />Now, if you ever find any Kodachrome taken of the 'Jeep Ride' (the kid's ride through dark Africa), please give us a peek! They seem to be the holy grail shots - we've only got one!outsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-38401388434070365102011-10-30T05:29:13.328-07:002011-10-30T05:29:13.328-07:00Hm mebbe the fence is electrified and the Giraffe ...Hm mebbe the fence is electrified and the Giraffe is recharging.<br /><br />Never saw LCS either. Well thanks for the views all the more then!<br /><br />(Hamburger under the hood!)Chiana_Chathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18329208224763179478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-83508825625283951942011-10-30T03:38:23.025-07:002011-10-30T03:38:23.025-07:00The Animal Chow must not have been THAT good....th...The Animal Chow must not have been THAT good....the poor deer is chewing on his own leg!<br /><br />And what's with the fence and barbed wire around the giraffe? Weren't they running around loose? I never got to see this place in person. :-(TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.com