Spring Break–Fun at the Zoo

Yesterday, Jill and I took the kids downtown for a visit to the Zoo.  We had the perfect day for a zoo visit.  The weather was sunny and warm, and I don’t know if I remember a visit when we saw as many animals out and active as we saw yesterday. 

The first big highlight we saw was the tiger exhibit.  The tigers were actively prowling around, roaring, and putting on a show for the kids.  In all the years I’ve been to the zoo, I’ve never heard the tigers roar, and it was not at all the sound I expected. 

After being impressed with the tiger show, we walked around and saw the beautiful lions sitting out and enjoying the sunny day.  What magnificent animals they are!

We were next treated to a show by the orangutans.  There were three of them climbing and swinging on the cables above the zoo visitors.  There were two younger looking orangutans that were smaller with shorter hair, then coming behind them was a most bizarre looking one.  He was big with long, hanging hair that almost looked like it was dreadlocked.  He wasn’t particularly cute, but he was cool in a weird kind of way.  We all loved watching them climb and swing across the cables then climb down their tower to the monkey house.

 

    We ate our picnic lunch at the panda overlook, saw a bunch of more cool animals, got funnel cakes and cotton candy, and then finished off the day by spotting the elusive Giant Anteater.  It was a great day at the zoo, but a big highlight of the day for Jill and I, who both have a long history of being seriously directionally challenged (Mom, remember the soccer tournament trip with the three of us?), came when we disregarded her car GPS and my phone GPS and made our own shorter way out of the city back home.  It was an awesome day and a great zoo trip!