A Day at the Zoo

Slobber, snot, and showers… oh my! So Saturday we headed out to the zoo. I’m finally getting to know some people and what animals they work with, so I was able to arrange some behind-the-scenes stuff – which was probably just as exciting for me as it was for the kids, since I hardly get out of the lab! We fed the African elephants, the giraffes, the black rhinos, and the maned wolves. And in case he wasn’t exposed to enough non-human body fluids, one of the giraffes also sneezed on Danny – yay!




In between animal feedings, we biked around the zoo. Unfortunately, Mr.Golden Sun did not want to come out and play, so our bike-ride was a little wet. And poor Danny, who didn’t really know how to ride a bike, got a crash-course in bike riding. In the rain. Through an obstacle course of cars, pedestrians, and other bikers. He did great, though, and both kids had a great attitude about the rain – despite the fact that we looked a little like drowned rats by the time we got to feeding the maned wolves.

Then, to add to our adventures, we also managed to get locked out of the car (which meant no access to 2 of our raincoats and all of our food). Now this is not to say that we didn’t have the keys – we did. But this is a quirky car, and the keys don’t work to unlock the doors, so you can never lock all of the doors. Unfortunately, we did. So in addition to meeting several animals at the zoo, we also got to meet the NRMA man (which would be similar to the AAA man).

And I swear, despite the way this picture looks, the kids said they had a really great time! They were particularly fascinated with the fact we got into the zoo for free.