Thursday, January 16, 2014

Wild Times at the "Big Zoo"

A few days after Christmas we decided to take advantage of a nice day (in the low 60s and sunny) and head to Columbia to the very large zoo there.  As members of our zoo we get a 50% discount there, so it was quite affordable too.  We decided to just let the little guys skip a nap and enjoy a full day at the zoo.  There is so much to do there, so we tried to squeeze in everything we could.

This picture cracks me up.  Really, what are they all doing?


They have a very large flamingo exhibit


It was still very early and the day was just warming up, so we decided to hit the inside exhibits before it got really nice

We saw the penguins and watched a feeding


Grady bonded with a Galapagos Tortoise (he told him he knew Stretchy)


A Komodo Dragon


Then we got to do something super cool that I have never seen at any zoo I have been to.  We could feed the giraffes!  The kids all tried and loved it!





Zebras!


They have a very large elephant area with many elephants



The gorilla exhibit was also very large - this one was inside for some reason


There's another one up on the hill



They have a very cool "kangaroo walkabout" where you can just walk in amongst them.  One jumped right across the path while we were in there!



We also got to feed some birds from little cups, but they were not too hungry that day, so we had to be a little persistent and go to them



This one stole my cup out of my hand and gobbled it up!


Anson really wanted to ride the carousel, so we all took a ride


Poor girl had such fun that she cried when I had to pry her off her bird


The first time we saw the koalas they were all asleep (apparently they sleep nearly all day) but then we passed by and one was awake and even moving around!  It was incredible - he was so close



Then we headed to the farm area where we visited with some goats and fed them (of course)






It was such a great day and reminded me of how much fun we will be able to have this spring and summer, now that we can skip the occasional nap and take some longer day trips.































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