the zoo

This is an old city zoo, and it doesn't change much. Last time we were here the zebra was eating poop and the lions were fooling around. Today, the zebra was outside, not acting weird, and the giraffes were the romantic ones. I did not take a picture.

However, as we followed this gang, we commented that this is the first time we've been to the zoo without a stroller or a diaper bag, "Honey, look how big they are!"

The conservatory--













This used to be the main zoo building when I was a child. It was crowded and stinky. The cages on the outside also had doors to cages on the inside. Now it's offices and the exhibits are not grim.

Waffle fries:

This is the new bear exhibit. Tim was checking out the bear up close, but then the bear turned to check him out, and it was a little too much.

Tim got out of the way.

The seal show--




And on the way out, we didn't go on any of the carnival rides, but we did stop here. This is the old 1910 carousel that used to be out at the State Fair. They retired it, and built a building for it at the zoo.
It's as gorgeous as ever, big and fast. The date on this camera is not correct at all. This was yesterday, not four years ago.












Then we hiked back to the car and came home. Onward to Monday. love, Val