I've always loved animals. Some of my best childhood memories include visits to zoos across our country, as well as trips to the local nature preserve to feed the deer (back when we didn't know that was unhealthy for them.) I have pictures of myself as a child riding elephants and camels, holding snakes and baby alligators, and, alarmingly, posing next to a clearly drugged lion inside the old MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Now I'm sharing my awe of wildlife with my children, and taking some amateur point and shoot photos. And please believe me, NONE of us will be posing with a lion!
