We are now proud owners of a membership to the Hogle Zoo. We can go to the zoo, watch the shows, ride the carousel, and most importantly ride the train as often as we want for the next year. We are very excited.
The zoo experience during January is
slightly different than in July which is usually when we go to the zoo. Lots of parking spaces, no lines, and no impeded views of any of the animals. Appears few people visit the zoo in January. Sadly, some of the animals a the zoo also do not visit in January. The African Savannah exhibits are rather empty.
Much to our delight the lions were not absent. Instead, they decided to come right up next to us, I had not been this close to a lion before. I understood how big lions are; but there is a difference when you are right next to the big cat whose paws are as big as your head.
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| Hello Lion! |
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| ROOOOOAAAAARRRRRR! |
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| Bye Bye Lion |
One thing has not changed, to get anywhere in the zoo requires a large amount of walking. Or, in the case of Andrew and Cameron a lot of walking, a lot of running, and some falling.
Another advantage of the small population of Homo Sapiens is that access to all of the statues and stationary features is easy. The kids had a blast climbing on everything in the Zoo. Wendy and I had a blast taking pictures of them climbing on everything.
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| Walking underneath the elephant |
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| Whoa...that's big! |
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| Chomp chomp. |
All fun days come to an end. Cameron needed a little lift...and a resting place to finish out.
