How Freakin' Cute Are We!

Yeah, yeah, I know it's a cheap way to get attention by posting photos of adorable baby jungle cats. So sue me for fuck's sake! I got three of these things lying around just waiting for some use other than to entertain me and April and lord knows there's plenty of other useless crap out there in Blogland to make this seem worthy of your eyes.

When I was at the Winnebago County Fair there was a group across from my staging area called the Big Cat Adventures. This was a tiger rescue group from Texas that offered a brief show about tigers, a chance to touch a baby tiger, lion, and cougar, as well as a chance to take photos of you feeding a baby tiger.

April and I are always suckers for big silly fun like this and since she was able to attend the first day of the fair with me, we got to take one of the first photos.

I know most people say this, but April & I rarely take good photos together. I don't know why. It just works out that way. Somehow, this one turned out to be one of the best photos we've ever taken.

Oddly enough, three of our best photos involve us with a baby lion or tiger.

Check out this one of me holding onto a baby lion, Chilly, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. I look a little silly in my opinion, but the damned lion is so cute and April is so babelicious you hardly notice dumpy old me.

About a year earlier, we took a photo at the MGM Grand Lion Habitat with a somewhat bigger, but nonetheless adorable lion named, Willow. Again, we look pretty darned good.

We have been wanting to snap a shot with the MGM lions ever since we saw that they were available. Unfortunately, even with all the times we go to Vegas, you simply can't guarantee a baby lion every time you go to the MGM Grand. When this first opportunity arrived, we were a little sad it wasn't a tiny little guy, but it turned out to be just as much fun as we wanted.

When the chance to get in touch with a tiny lion cub, we got there early and snapped our photo. In fact, while waiting for the line to even open April won about $200.00 on a clot machine, making paying for the photo a whole lot easier. ;)

I don't know if it is the presence of critters or our presence in Las Vegas that makes us so damned cute and happy. I just know that I like having the photos, recalling the memories, and spending a few bucks to help keep these magnificent animals alive.