Zoo Adventure

The summer is quickly coming to an end and school will be starting soon.  So, the kids and I decided to have an adventure last Thursday. We still have several things left on our Summer Fun List and going to the zoo is one of them. We usually go to our local zoo, but decided to head to Peoria to the Peoria Zoo.

IMG_6117

At the beginning of the summer they opened the new Africa exhibit.

IMG_6118

We packed some snacks, the boys grabbed their binoculars and off we went.

IMG_6119

We saw some different animals that we had never seen before, the mandrill, the Angola colobus and the red river hog. We also saw more familiar animals, lions, zebras, rhinos, antelopes and giraffes.

IMG_6121

There is a pathway/bridge that goes around the giraffe exhibit and leads to an observatory.

IMG_6124

IMG_6130

Once we got to the top of the observatory, we were looking down at the giraffes and had a great view of them. They were so close, it almost felt like we could reach out and touch them.

IMG_6134

We also went through the Australia exhibit, where we saw a black swan. The boys liked seeing the wallaby and the emu.

We had a great time and are very fortunate to have great zoos within driving distance. We are already planning to go back and take daddy next time.

Tags: , ,

August 2, 2009 | Filed Under Family Life, Our Children 

Comments

Got something to say?