The zoo

Mom saw an ad for a zoo that is about 30-40 minutes from my house and free. They advertise as not having any exotic animals, but having more than just farm animals. Since I love free ways to spend an afternoon, we decided to go check it out. It's a little far for how much time we can spend there to make it a regular outing, but if we lived closer we would probably go weekly--for being free it was really nice!

They had peacocks and otters and a couple eagles, some elk and a bunch of turtles and snakes and a couple alligators. The map said they also had wolves and llamas, but that part of the zoo was roped off. I didn't realize but we happened to go the week they opened. One of the snakes had two bowls in his cage, one with just water, and one with water and little fish. This of course was noticed by Luca. Ahh, the circle of life.

The otters were so much fun to watch!

We kept walking back and forth to see the animals that Luca requested. At the back of the zoo they had a Huge play area, I think 4 different areas. Some were swing/climbing for bigger kids, some for little ones, one was like a giant sand box and there was a pirate ship to climb up and look around. We spent as much time there as we did looking at the animals.

I imagine we'll go back at least a couple times over the summer, maybe even bring lunch and have a picnic in the pavilions!