I’ve been hinting… maybe begging… alright – PLEADING with Marty for months now to go to the Zoo.

It’s been FOREVER since we’ve gone.  Probably 15 years or so since going on field trips to the zoo when the boys were young.

So you can only imagine my surprise and excitement

when Marty woke up Sunday morning, and I asked him what he was thinking about for the day…

and he said, “Well – You’ve been wanting to go to the zoo….”

Ya – ahem – I’ve mentioned it maybe a few… (hundred) times….

So guess where we went?!

You got it!  Woohoo!  The ZOO!!

It was cool to see the new Red Panda (which looks more like a raccoon) – eh?

and the giant Galapagos tortoises (that moved way faster than I would have expected!)

There are even DRAGONS at the Zoo!  Komodo that is.

The sharks were EERY!

And Marty was enthralled.

But the very BEST of all was the Polar Bear!

This 1,700 pound ball of fluffy white fur was worth the price of admission.  He danced for us (I’m hoping that’s what it was – either that or he was completed disturbed!)

and – oh – to walk under the tunnel and watch him swim……

and play – was absolutely magical!

Not sure what these Pink Flamingos were up to, but they got awful rowdy!

The penguins were so comical.  I think they thought it was “5 O’clock Somewhere” the way they teetered around on those rocks near the water’s edge.

What a great day!

Though it did make me realize I desperately need a telephoto zoom lens for my camera (and a class or some lessons to boot!).

Sounds like an excuse to go back to the zoo – sometime in the next 15 years or so.

Cheers and Hugs,

Jodi