Three Christmases ago Grandma gave us money to buy a membership, and I chose to get a zoo membership. The Christmas after that my brother S told me he planned to get us a National Park pass for Christmas, but when I informed him that we get that free since we're military, he was happy to do a zoo membership instead. We have had a lot of fun at our little zoo. Our membership expired in March, and since we're moving overseas soon, we aren't going to renew. But on our last day we went to say goodbye.
The obligatory statue photos.
Luckily it was a cool damp day, so we had the zoo to ourselves. And it was a great day. The baby lion cub, Emery, was out with both his parents, and he was pouncing on his mom, trying to climb trees, and splashing in the water. The crash of rhinos was trotting around, play fighting, and pushing each other all over. The tiger brothers were being so funny. It was cold, right? And close to the end of the day, and you could just tell those cats were done. They took turns going up to the door that would let them in from the weather, and they would paw the door, get no response, and kind of huff in disgust. Then the other one would try while the first paced around looking cold and annoyed. The meer cats were acting crazy too. All in all, a good zoo day. Nothing will ever live up to the time last summer when we watched the lioness catch a raccoon and play with it while it was still alive then kill it, but still.
Finding the chameleons before Mom is always a fun game, and they always do it. Especially Miss R. She has sharp little eyes.
The zoo mermaid.
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