Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Zippity Zoo


A few weeks ago we went to our local little zoo. It wasn't planned but we were driving by and I thought, why not? Our timing was perfect because it had just opened for the day and there was hardly anyone there.

This is an example of the kind of wild animals on display.
There are also snakes, 2 cheetahs, a zebra, some camels, assorted monkeys and birds.....I think that pretty much covers it. It's nothing spectacular but fine for the size of community we live in and I would be sad if it closed.

The highlight of their day was seeing a baby goat that was about 2 hours old. They were the first visitors to see it. Of course, you can't go to a petting zoo without being mauled by a goat.

The highlight of my day was when Jack fell into the zebra pen. One minute he was sitting on the wooden railing posing for a picture and the next minute he was hanging on for dear life dangling into the pen. I dropped my camera and pulled him up. Thank goodness he managed to catch himself because there was a pretty big drop-off AND thank goodness it was the zebra and not the cheetahs! Luckily no one saw our little incident!

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3 comments:

Victoria said...

LOL at your little guy falling into the Zebra pen!

I love the license plate window mistreatment. What a really cool idea! :)

The Adventure of Linds and Lyds! said...

Hey did you see Clay, the new red panda? I just figure the zoo has improved so much in the 5 years that I have been going there, so I am happy about that.

I do worry if my kids are ever forced to take a field trip tehre, they are going to be like WTH?

Ruth said...

Oh how very scary. Glad to hear he's ok.

Ruth