ST. LOUIS ZOO
Saturday
Saturday's big outing was to the St. Louis Zoo. This is one of the nicest zoos we've been to. It's even free to get in! It was a HOT morning, but that didn't hinder any of us from having a great time.
One of our first attractions was the penguins. Malia had fun watching them swim around.
The really "cool" part of this attraction was the inside area where the temperature was quite lower than the outside temperature. We were hoping to make it back to this area every hour just to cool off, but that didn't happen.
Who doesn't love to watch monkeys?! Spencer, that's who. Why? Because several years ago when visiting the Phoenix Zoo he was harassed by a baboon that literally attacked the glass wall that separated them. We're not exactly sure what Spencer did to bring the whole thing on (except for wearing an all orange outfit), but we were very thankful for the wall! Here he is braving a quick visit by another glass wall. This chimp didn't even seem to notice he was there.
This zoo not only had great attractions, but beautiful landscaping!
We tried to get some practice at taking a group picture (we had a photo shoot scheduled for later this afternoon). Here are most of the kids in their strollers, some smiling, some crying, most tired and hot!
Malia was ready to move along, but was fairly cooperative with her smiles.
These girls - and one guy - are so beautiful! It was fun seeing them all wearing their red reunion shirts.
Below is Spencer hanging out in the desert with the zebras and camels.
Malia loved riding on Daddy's shoulders as he hopped down a hill.
Gotta love watching the sea lions!
Malia decided to climb through the big log tunnel ... several times!
Spencer ... our little charmer.
Not really sure what the big deal is about standing by this cliff. It's not like there's a big lizard that would attack us or anything! Good grief, people, calm down!
No luck seeing the Asian elephants today, but the waterfall at their attraction was beautiful.
Despite the heat, we had a fantastic visit. If we have the chance we will definitely visit again. Especially to visit the children's zoo area that we missed due to lack of time.
Saturday
Saturday's big outing was to the St. Louis Zoo. This is one of the nicest zoos we've been to. It's even free to get in! It was a HOT morning, but that didn't hinder any of us from having a great time.
One of our first attractions was the penguins. Malia had fun watching them swim around.
The really "cool" part of this attraction was the inside area where the temperature was quite lower than the outside temperature. We were hoping to make it back to this area every hour just to cool off, but that didn't happen.
Who doesn't love to watch monkeys?! Spencer, that's who. Why? Because several years ago when visiting the Phoenix Zoo he was harassed by a baboon that literally attacked the glass wall that separated them. We're not exactly sure what Spencer did to bring the whole thing on (except for wearing an all orange outfit), but we were very thankful for the wall! Here he is braving a quick visit by another glass wall. This chimp didn't even seem to notice he was there.
This zoo not only had great attractions, but beautiful landscaping!
We tried to get some practice at taking a group picture (we had a photo shoot scheduled for later this afternoon). Here are most of the kids in their strollers, some smiling, some crying, most tired and hot!
Malia was ready to move along, but was fairly cooperative with her smiles.
These girls - and one guy - are so beautiful! It was fun seeing them all wearing their red reunion shirts.
Below is Spencer hanging out in the desert with the zebras and camels.
Malia loved riding on Daddy's shoulders as he hopped down a hill.
Gotta love watching the sea lions!
Malia decided to climb through the big log tunnel ... several times!
Spencer ... our little charmer.
Not really sure what the big deal is about standing by this cliff. It's not like there's a big lizard that would attack us or anything! Good grief, people, calm down!
No luck seeing the Asian elephants today, but the waterfall at their attraction was beautiful.
Despite the heat, we had a fantastic visit. If we have the chance we will definitely visit again. Especially to visit the children's zoo area that we missed due to lack of time.
2 comments:
We love that zoo!! You guys were only 30 minutes from my parents..aka where we lived for a while :) St. Louis is such a fun city, the zoo one of the best places!!
You are too funny!! I love your pics!! And I'm so glad you weren't attacked by any crazy wall climging lizards that like to be in pictures!! ;-)
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