Addison and I ventured off with some friends to the Boise Zoo on Thursday morning. I would have to say it was the perfect day for a trip to the zoo. The weather was around 70 degrees and because of this, instead of basking in the shade the animals were interactive and moving around, as well as being very vocal. The zebra seemed like he was having a hissy fit about something when we went past and scared us to death. We thought that he might be having a rather heated conversation with his neighbor, "The Gemsbok" of Africa, simply because they were staring at each other through the mesh-like fence that seperated the two. Zebras are fiesty!! While playing on the giraffe slide we also heard one of the tiger's roar, which in a zoo should seem like a common noise to be heard but at the Boise Zoo where these tigers are known for attacking innocent bystanders, not a very fun sound!! My heart skipped a beat and thought of climbing on top of the giraffe slide with my child (tiger's can't climb giraffe slides can they?) just to be safe. But when we realized that there was no blood curdling screams or people frantically running out of the zoo we figured we were o.k. I actually think we saw and maybe even heard every animal that they had at the zoo that day, which in past experiences doesn't happen often. It was great and the kiddos LOVED it! After the morning spent with the animals we went into Julia Davis Park and had a picnic lunch. It was a wonderful day!!
2 comments:
You had the best day in weeks to hit the zoo! I am glad that so many animals were out.
To get to see the zebra out - amazing! I don't know how many times we have been there and we have only seen his backside as he was in his shelter.
bHello! We were at the Zoo on Friday. It too was a nice day. A bigger zoo would be fun, but where else can you go to the zoo, see great animals and get done in less than three hours? I kinda like the smallness of our zoo.
I am glad I found your blog. You can visit mine anytime. The link is on Shawna's.
Kym
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