Kate and I arrived a little early so we took the opportunity to check out the wolf exhibit...
...and some of the reptiles...
Aw, don't those skinks look so cute cuddled up like that? :-)
When Dianna, Heath, and the kids arrived, we got ourselves organized and headed out, stopping first by the lion exhibit.
Julie volunteered to be in charge of the map. Here she shows us where we are (the lion exhibit obviously)...
And here she compares one of the big "You Are Here" maps to her own carried one...
Everest seemed to have fun too. Here's a few pix of him with his Aunt Kate...
Having some lunch...
Posing by the water buffalo statues...
And looking at the duck pond...
Later, the kids and even the adults (sans me who shot pictures instead) took a ride on the carousel!
After the carousel, Everest was pointing out the safari train that rolled by - didn't get a picture of it though...
Though he did keep calling the train a "bus." :-)
At one point, Julie spotted a tiny little mouse snooping around...
...and Everest tried to feed it some of his snacks. :-)
Another fun time was when Dianna and I took Everest in to visit the lorikeets...
Dianna bought some nectar to feed the lorikeets, who lapped the stuff up!
Other cool animals that we saw included a coatl...
A grizzly bear...
A kangaroo (napping)...
And an elephant...
Now for some rapid fire pictures of us at the zoo...
After the zoo, we stopped in at a pizzeria that Emily recommended to Kate, called Pasquini's.
I'd say the show-stealer there was the massive calzones that Kate and Dianna ordered. They were huge - way bigger than either of them realized! :-)
Everest had his first taste of bruschetta with tomatoes and cheese.
And I guess we'll finish up with a picture of me and Julie at the restaurant...
Keep an eyeball out on my YouTube channel too! I made a number of videos of various animals while we were there and I'm hoping to get 'em posted on YouTube sometime soon.
As always, thanks for reading and hope you're having a great day!
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3 comments:
Wow, look at you--posting about an event on the same day it happened! ;o) I'm going to have to steal some of your stuff because I'm going to make a video of it all together. Maybe I'll set it to music too. Now, what should I use for a song?
Wow! Love this post, hey can you send me the original pic of you and Di. Want to show it to your Thai grandmother in a couple of weeks when I'm in Thailand.
Mom-in California.
Hey guys,
Love the updates. I just wanted to send my (belated) wishes for a happy anniversary! Fall always makes me think of the beautiful fall in CO for your wedding. Congrats on another year!
Gina
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