Saturday, June 9, 2012

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

On Saturday we left the men to take care of the barn and we headed to the zoo. It was pouring rain when we left so we had boots, umbrellas and raincoats to scare away the rain and it worked! I enjoyed the drive over to the zoo as much as the zoo itself. What a fun day. Thank you Melanie for sharing the day with us and showing us around the zoo.  For the record, we enjoyed this zoo just as much if not more then the famous Woodland Zoo.  Much more interactive and the animals were so visible.
Josie bird

My little flies caught in a spider web-there is a really great playground the kids enjoyed exploring

Taking a break for lunch after we watched the live animal show. 

Conor on his 2 minute camel ride

Josie and Tyler on their camel ride-pretty fun, I can't say I have ever ridden a camel
Lincoln petting the camel nose with a little encouragement, he was laughing as the camel wiggled his lips and showed his teeth.

The tiger and Conor having a stare down

Lincoln and Tate looking down on the tiger

Tyler, Josie, Melanie, Mckenna, Tate, Conor and Lincoln
The sharks were a big hit with all the kidsI was really impressed with this aquarium, we saw a lot of great sea life. One animal I didn't get a picture of was this gigantic walrus that was pretty amazing.  We called it the swimming elephant.

The Clouded Leopard cubs-we originally saw these cute little guys behind glass then later we came across them out for play time, really neat.  We could have reached out and touched them. 

The promised carousel ride and cotton candy for good behavior

Lincoln was all smiles on the carousel

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