New at the Zoo

After three attempts, we finally made our first trip to the zoo this summer. Fortunately, Michelle was able to join us. When we arrived, Marina was anxious to see the tigers. On the way to their exhibit, we stopped to see the lions and zebras. Once we arrived at the tigers habitat, we saw two of them sleeping in a corner. We went inside to see if there were more we could look at. While there, we found a baby jaguar and its mother. It was so cute to see them together! From there, we saw the sea lions were very active. We went to the underwater viewing area and saw the sea lions swim past over and over again.

 
Michelle wanted to see the okapi, so we made sure we stopped by their enclosure before heading into the new Asian animals exhibit. It’s been open for nearly two months, but none of us had seen it yet. Marina was immediately drawn to the interactive activities. The centerpiece is the elephants. We saw all four of them – including two who are new to the Zoo! We saw some Gibbons monkeys swinging along their ropes and two sleeping black rhinos as well.

Our next stop was Bird World. The most surprising part of that building was when a mouse came scurrying across the path and nearly bumped into Michelle’s leg!  I was impressed that she didn’t freak out because I probably would have! Marina wanted to ride the carousel, so we headed that direction. She was fortunate to get  one of the two tigers to ride on. They are her favorite animals right now. After her ride, we went through the rest of the zoo fairly quickly. It was a hot day and we were all tired. Michelle wanted to see the kangaroos, so we paid a short visit to them before heading out.

On the way home, we stopped for some ice cream. It was a nice way to wrap up our day.