Zoo with Rosa

While Becky was away Ally and I met up with Rosa and her mom at the zoo.

It was a beautiful day to be outside having fun with friends.

 

In the Tropical Forest building we let the girls have our phones to take pictures. I have a ton of pictures of the snakes, the gorillas, the lemurs, the capybara, the hippo, fish inside the hippo’s tank, and the gorillas. Here are some of the best ones.

Did you know its called a rhinoceros snake because it has a horn like a rhino?

Ally still loves the gorillas – she had to get up close as usual. There is a new baby one – only 22 days old but we didn’t see it.

Ally was thrilled with this picture of the mandrill but. And while it was too dark to get a good picture inside of the girls, I kind of like my artsy shot of them.

One of the best things about the zoo are the playgrounds.

We have 2 new lions! Our old one, Christopher died a few months ago – he was the oldest lion in North America at 22. The new ones are 6 year old twins from the Dallas Zoo. They are beautiful.

Giraffes and Zebras are not to be missed. The girls are getting so independent – they climbed up the look out without us.

 

 

At the main playground they played for a long time while Julie and I sat in the shade and talked.

My favorite picture all day. Such good friends these two are, and we feel so lucky to have them in our life.

A trip to the zoo isn’t complete without a trip on the Carousel. We even let them ride twice!

It was a great day.