What do you do when it is too hot to be outside but you have a hankering to be around animals? DCI Members were looking forward to the Berkeley County Fair but the intense heat precluded being outside. So we went in search of animals inside; the wild kind! A local pet store in Winchester proved to be just the ticket. First animal spotted were the different varieties of rabbits. Almost everyone wanted a cuddle with the rabbits! Wouldn’t you? Then our attention was caught by the loud squawking and incessant chatter of birds. Thomas was not too sure he wanted to get close enough to the parrot to have his picture taken but he braved it out. We all decided what color of budgie we liked best. Oh, look at all the fish! Tropical fish, tiny sting ray, tiny sharks, all colors of the rainbow. How beautiful. But wait, what’s this? SNAKES alive! Ms. Cathy is actually letting this small boa wrap around her! Yikes! Who will be brave enough to touch the snake? Almost everyone; and how proud of themselves they were. Watching all the animals eat reminded us that we were hungry too. Glory Days provided the substance needed to browse the Winchester Mall for bargains, and then back to DCI. Not the field trip we had planned but fun none the less.
