To the Zoo, To the Zoo!

Tuesday, August 2

Wow! Two zoos in as many months. Boy do I feel special! Locksley of course wasn't as interested, but no one was really asking him anyway. The family decided that first thing was first, let's have a little fun after being in the car all day for the last two days. So off to the zoo we went, and let me tell you, it kicked some seroius butt. They had a lot of animals that FPZ didn't have when we went a month ago, and a lot more degrees tacked on to the heat too.

When we arrived, the heat was about 100 degrees even, and with 75% hunidity, at least so said the news. We paid admission, got a membership (because it is cheaper to buy the membership than come as guests with our family group...) and started our walk througt the zoo. We saw some animals before stopping at lunch, which I forgot to take a picture of because I was far more interested in the imported african goods in the small gift shop next to our table, and Locksley was far too interested in eating to be bothered helping me remember to take it.

After lunch we saw some more animals... well, what else is there to see? Here are a few pictures of the animals we saw, minus the ones we saw at FPZ (I thought it better not to repeat).

Fish!

More fish (ugly fish)

Turtle swimming too fast for my camera...

And introducing...

King Louie! (Now I can say I've met a King!)

Tarantula cage. Locksley was enjoying himself here.

Locksley had a stare down with this scaly green snake.

Canadian Geese?

NO smoking... or a statement that they don't have puffins that smoke? :)

Baby giraffe that was born a few days after MY birthday.

A large bird with a scary looking beak.

Rhino Butt. I have found that they are not the most social of creatures.

After that, the heat became a little too much for the younger (and a couple of the older) people in our party, and we decided to pack it up and go back to the hotel, but not before getting pennies squished near the gift shop door, and looking longingly into the air-conditioned, item-laden room of things no one ever needs, but have always wanted. I tried to take a picture of the sign outside the zoo, but had a bad time, and no legible pictue came out to show you. However, we are supposed to go back later in the week, if all goes well, and the humidity isn't killer. Maybe they have some good pastries at the gift shop (they advertised snacks...) or at the snack shack (which I assume is for humans, and not the zoo animals)...

We'll let you know!

Until then, Peace from,