The Day I Took a Safari on Four Wheels! My Drive-thru zoo experience. Nothing says “vacation detour” like pulling off a back road in West Virginia because someone (okay, me) saw a sign that said Drive-Thru Safari   Zoo and yelled, “Turn here! We’re doing this!” No time to research, no time to mentally prepare, just a dusty trail, a bag of animal feed, and a car full of very questionable confidence., From the moment we rolled through the gates, it was clear: we were on their