Just ask Matt - I've been dying to go to the zoo for weeks, mostly since the weather has been good enough to go really. Yay for holiday weekends! Memorial Day weekend was awesome. You already know we went to the aviary Saturday. Sunday we actually made it to church (I hate 9am church) and had a nice day relaxing with family (It was good to see you Kevin and Karrie!). Then Monday, we went to the ZOO!
Even more fun was we took Devan, Michelle, Jennifer, and McKade. :) It was a long day, but we had fun :) We took most of the usual route, but McKade helped give us direction. (He really wanted to see the elephants and penguins). It was a super crowded day with the holiday, so there were lines for the bird show and the Nature's Nightmares exhibit, but we ended up hitting both.
It apparently had been awhile since I'd visited the zoo (not quite a year actually) because some things had changed. The old capuchin monkey wasn't there anymore. The black bears are at another zoo while they begin building the new bear area. Most of the African animals (zebras and such) were gone, presumably in preparation for the new build as well. The crocodiles had moved indoors (they're going to be laying eggs soon! I love animal babies!) The cougar was missing and instead, there was a bobcat sign at that exhibit . . . but no bobcat was visible. The ugly pig-like things were replace by an aldabra tortoise. See? lots of changes. Oh! and the penguins were much fewer, and I'm pretty sure a different breed... (Does this make me a complete zoo nerd to have noticed all of these things? Well, it's only going to get worse because we got our MEMBERSHIP! Woot!)
Anyway, now for the fun part - pictures!
McKade and the elephants
Mama Christie and baby Zuri
I was so excited to finally see Zuri! She was either about to be born or just recently born when we last went, so she wasn't out for people to see.
The red panda was actually awake! However, he promptly found a comfy branch to take a nap on.
McKade at Asian Highlands
Waiting in line to go through Nature's Nightmares
McKade as an orangutan
Jennifer as an orangutan
As we were leaving, we decided Devan was a monkey, then we had to figure out which he was....
Fingers are too short to be a gorilla...
McKade as a gorilla
Then again, maybe Devan is a gorilla. :)
So we ended up taking the back path up to the south entrance, which spits you out at Asian Highlands (again).
Devan at Asian Highlands
Waiting in line for the bird show
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