My Red Hat partner hostess, Elsie Lilly, and I were planning a trip for the "Hattitudes" to Lion Country Safari in West Palm Beach. Being the conscientious Virginia redheads that we are, we took a day and went down ahead of time. Just as with teachers and field trips, things go much more smoothly if you go there first.
I also didn't realize that giraffes had such l-o-n-g black tongues. Feeding them was great fun!