The Rest Of Our Zoo Trip

So we are now moving on to the Northern Trek portion of our zoo visit. And trust me its definitely a trek lol! Uphill the whole way and it just kept getting hotter and stickier! So our first stop once we stopped gasping for air was the bald eagle. He was definitely a majestic bird and was almost close enough to touch. What a magnificent bird! Bonus, the gift shop was air conditioned by this exhibit lol! We didn't buy anything but we spent a half an hour cooling off, I mean browsing. We passed this white tailed deer wallowing in a mud hole. He looked a whole lot cooler and more comfortable that we were. (and yes I was hot enough to be tempted lol). Onward to the polar bear. I love polar bears, they are stunning animals and HUGE lol! Did you know that their fur is really clear not white or cream colored? This is my first trip to the zoo in years where he was actually up and moving. I hope you have enjoyed my trip to the zoo, we did see a bit more but skipped several parts due to the heat and the need to get home and do some of the to do list that we dumped to go to the zoo lol!

Another Peek At Our Zoo Trip

Moving along from the Australian Exhibit we have some pictures of beautiful foliage. Not what you were expecting is it lol! Actually on of my favorite things at the zoo is all of the different, exotic plants that seem to thrive in spite of being out of their natural habitat. (good job grounds keepers lol). Of course in my back yard the only thing left standing is the occasional blade of grass due to the three large dogs that think they own my yard lol. (apparently they do since I can't grow a darn thing back there!) Any way we move on from the pretty greenery to the giraffes. I am betting this guy is happy it not winter, I don't know how they would unstick his tongue from the pole! Onward to the butterfly house! (Right next to the giraffes) I know, I know, silly thing to get excited about lol! But they are so cool! This first butterfly doesn't look like much color wise but it is bigger than both of my hands together with all five fingers spread out. Now that's butterfly lol! And last but not least for this segment of our zoo trip are these bright colorful birds. I know what they are called, but the name escapes me, mostly because I need to remember it Right Now lol! Any way they are beautiful and you can buy cups of nectar to feed them. They will hop right down and try and take the whole cup from you. They also tend to squabble amongst themselves when presented with only one cup. I hope that you enjoyed this part of our zoo trip. Check back again and I will have another post up. The next one should include the polar bear who was actually up and moving, not curled up in a corner sleeping.

Trip to the Zoo

Went to the zoo with my hubby and mother in law on Sunday. 90+ degrees and sticky, I don't know what we were thinking lol! It was a good time anyway. Not what I had planned but my husband decided he wanted to go do something since summer was almost over so off to the zoo we went. This post will be mostly pictures with a couple of comments. Enjoy our trip to the zoo! Wallabee --->

Cute isn't he!

Did you guess that we went to the Australian Outback Exhibits first lol! I could just pick up that cute koala and cuddle it. But I am pretty sure that it bites lol! I am also pretty sure that if those kangaroos REALLY wanted to they could easily hop the fence. All the animals were really active while we were there which is really odd since it was really hot and really sticky. And not just the animals in this exhibit but almost all of them. It was nice to see them up and moving around. Although the elephants are gone until 2011 as they are rebuilding the exhibit. I was sorry to see that (not because I don't want them to have a better home of course but the elephants are one of my favorite animals to see). I realized as I was editing photos that I have waaaayyy to many pics for just one blog post so I am going to do several, so check back in a day or two for some more!