Thursday, July 11, 2013

The Zoo!

Stephen took a vacation day today, and we decided to head to the zoo!  We went first thing in the AM, since the rain seems to hit worse in the afternoon.  The girls were very excited- this was Taylor's first visit to a zoo!

We get off to a good start, even though the first main exhibit (elephants) was under construction.  No elephants were to be seen. :(  But, we did get to see flamingos, giraffes, kangaroos, gorillas, orangutans, warthogs, pandas, lions, tigers, bears, (oh my!), all kinds of snakes/reptiles, rhinos, and more.  It started to rain about an hour in, but there's a lot of overhead tree cover, so we didn't get too wet.  The rain lasted about 15 minutes and then stopped.

For me, I think the gorillas were the most fascinating.  A baby gorilla had been born in March, and you could see the mom taking care of the baby.  There were also two little "toddlers" running around.  It reminded me of our family.  Ha! 

The girls were done after about 2 hours, so we made our way on out before any extreme meltdowns occurred.  It was a pretty good time!



The parakeet exhibit.



Willy B!

A picture of Stephen! tee hee

A water break

On a funny note- I asked Taylor later on what her favorite animal was that she saw at the zoo.  Her response?  "The elephants."  Oh, Taylor...  :)

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