Bear World!!!

While we were in Idaho on our roadtrip we visited Bear World!!! I've driven past many times as a BYU-I student, and everytime I've visited since, but have never had a reason to check out the place! Well, some adorable kiddos looking for adventure gave us a GREAT reason to visit!!! We almost didn't go cause it seemed a bit pricey, but I'm so glad we did!!!

We let the kids get out of their carseats and wander around the car as we drove through!

Austin helped me drive... ...as we checked out the Bison...

...Rocky Mountain Elk...

...and on into the Bear area!!!

There's an extra tour you can go on if you pay for it where you can ride in the raised truck and feed the animals! We got lucky and ended up right behind one of the tours, so we saw a lot of action!!!

If you look closely, he's about to catch a piece of bread in his mouth!!!

Some of these bears were HUGE...

...and got a little too close for comfort a few times!!!
One of the black bears walked right in front of us and along the drivers side where it stopped and sniffed for a while. I'm sure it could smell all of the spilled food in our car from hours of driving with little kids. Mallory said that it was going to eat the tire, and my boys sure remembered that! They've been telling everyone that the bear tried to eat our tire while we were at Bear World!
After our drive through the park, we headed to the shop/attraction area/petting zoo!!!
Ryan and Austin were fascinated with this bear statue!!!

"Ahhhhh!!! He's eating my head!!!"

"Oh no!!! Now my hand!!!"
Austin kept asking where his tongue was!!!

First stop... THE RIDES!!!
Austin and Payton were too small for some of the rides and had to be accompanied by an adult! The train was one of them, but the rollercoaster was not! Funny!

The boys loved that we got to ride inside of a bear!!! This one was Austin's favorite, next to the train!

Around and around we go!!!

Up in the berry tree!!!

Scarlett was such a happy little girl!!! She just loved watching everyone have fun!!!

Next stop... PETTING ZOO!!!

The boys had a lot of fun getting up close and personal with the animals! Their favorite was feeding and petting the deer!!!

They even sat and had a little chat with one of the deers! It was so cute! It started to lick Ryan's face after a minute! He giggled, but I don't think he was too sure about that!

In addition to the deer, there were a lot of goats to feed!

Bear World was a lot of fun!!! I'm so glad we didn't let the cost get us down and cancel our plans! Although you pay quite a bit to enter the park, the rides and petting zoo were all included in the cost which made it so worth while for out little ones!!!