Starting out at the beginning. Dana worked at the zoo for awhile, so he knew the best way to go see all the animals and how to avoid getting lost. That was nice. Whitney was so excited to be going to the zoo; she talked about it for many days before we actually went.
The great big sea lion was quite impressive. The kids are all trying to touch it through the glass. It was very friendly and would press itself right against the glass, almost like it was trying to reach the kids as well.
I have always loved penguins; we couldn't get very close to them, but they were still fun to watch.
This great male baboon was just crouching right by the glass for everyone to see. I learned that the male baboons are much bigger and more colorful than the females (I think that holds true for many animals in the animal kingdom).
There were a couple of elephants at the zoo. One of the elephants was big and very pregnant. Elephants are pregnant for a long time, but this one is due in like December. She was kept apart from the other ones, but I don't know if that is what always happens, or maybe just that day.
The hippo poked his head out to us.
Once an hour they have a big "storm" for the alligators. They make it feel like the alligators are home in some kind of rain forest area by having it rain. The alligator didn't like the rain, so it very slowly meandered to the water and remained in the tank.
I like this picture - two dads with their kids looking at the monkeys. Magnus and Whitney were quite interested in what the monkeys were doing and what they like to eat. That is the question Whitney likes to ask about animals these days.
They have a little farm area where you can go inside and pet the goats. We had to stand in bit of a line because it was quite the popular place. Whitney and Magnus both went in and had a fun time petting the goats. Thankfully, these goats are quite use to kids and were very docile. Whitney had to go around and touch each one.
For some reason, Whitney loved sitting on this wooden horse. I think it was her favorite spot in the whole zoo. When other kids came for a turn, she would share, and then when they left she wanted to get right back on. Forget all these real animals everywhere, wooden ones are much cooler I guess.
Here we stand outside of the monkey house. Everyone is even looking in the camera, props to Ruth for getting a good picture.
Thank you Ruth and Dana and Magnus for letting us come play with you and crash in your house. We had such a fun visit. Whitney already misses being with Magnus.
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