Zoo Trip

On my birthday, Mark told me he'd like to take me to the zoo as my present. He knew I'd been wanting to go, so this was a great idea! We finally went on Friday (we were waiting for a cooler day--it's been dry and hot here lately). We got there in the late morning and stayed till mid afternoon. That gave us time to see all the exhibits we were interested in, and we enjoyed it. (I do think that the Rio Grande Zoo is a little better, though...) By the time we got home, we were totally exhausted! But it was an excellent birthday gift (thanks again, Mark!). Here are some pictures:

 The zoo is separated into two sections on either side of this highway, connected by this bridge.

 "I love my zoo" is the zoo's slogan and a very catchy jingle. Thanks to this clever advertizing, I've been dying to go!

 Here's Mark with the penguins (I took this one for Mark's mom :-).

The highlight of the visit was seeing Lucas, the one month old baby elephant (and his mom).

They even had dinosaur statues!

I'm not sure if we'll go back (unless someone who visits us wants to), but we did have a great time.