Phoenix Zoo- This time January 2011
As you may have guessed if you are a frequent reader of my blog, I have a thing for zoos. Well, animals in general, but I LOVE zoos. They are fantastic if properly done. I can't stand a bad zoo, and the "zoo" at Lagoon needs to be shut down because it breaks my heart. No animal should have a home of solid concrete. Okay, enough with that. This January when Mom and I went to visit Annette and Alita for Alita's birthday (and more importantly) Wicked. We had a day of just the two of us. Things were crazy at work for both girls so they couldn't take off and entertain us. Well, Mom had never been to the Phoenix Zoo and actually had enough faith in my driving to believe that I could find my way there. It was actually kind of exciting. That was my first time on the freeway of Phoenix and I have to say, I was marvelous. We only got lost once and that was because of road construction not accounted for on google maps. Anyway, we safely made it to the Phoenix Zoo- aka my favorite place in Arizona.
Here's Mom and I riding the train!
They had a visiting exhibit this time- KOALA BEARS!!! I've never seen a live Koala Bear before (and no Alita...I've never been able to hold one, so stop rubbing it in.) They are adorable!!!
They were in their own quiet section of the zoo and also had their own volunteer standing guard to make sure they weren't disturbed. The worker told us that we were lucky. Their cages had been cleaned that morning so their dinner was later than normal. He said usually they are asleep but we got to see them eating breakfast.
Here's Mom with an antelope.
Here's their lion taking a walk. I don't think I have ever seen a lion up and moving, especially a male. They are some of the laziest creatures on the face of the earth and so they are always sleeping. It was cool to see him up and pacing around.
His sister was posing for pictures too.
Here is a picture of our gorgeous spring day (in January). We couldn't have asked for better weather.
Here I am standing with a Colombian truck. Coleman, you should go to the zoo someday and revisit Columbia. :)
And me with a lion.
Well, these are the rest of my zoo pictures for a while. I know you will all be sad, but no worries, I'm sure I'll go to another zoo before too much longer.
Here's Mom and I riding the train!
They had a visiting exhibit this time- KOALA BEARS!!! I've never seen a live Koala Bear before (and no Alita...I've never been able to hold one, so stop rubbing it in.) They are adorable!!!
They were in their own quiet section of the zoo and also had their own volunteer standing guard to make sure they weren't disturbed. The worker told us that we were lucky. Their cages had been cleaned that morning so their dinner was later than normal. He said usually they are asleep but we got to see them eating breakfast.
Here's Mom with an antelope.
Here's their lion taking a walk. I don't think I have ever seen a lion up and moving, especially a male. They are some of the laziest creatures on the face of the earth and so they are always sleeping. It was cool to see him up and pacing around.
His sister was posing for pictures too.
Here is a picture of our gorgeous spring day (in January). We couldn't have asked for better weather.
Here I am standing with a Colombian truck. Coleman, you should go to the zoo someday and revisit Columbia. :)
And me with a lion.
Well, these are the rest of my zoo pictures for a while. I know you will all be sad, but no worries, I'm sure I'll go to another zoo before too much longer.
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