Zoo day!

So, last week, we had this great time where everything was free- free ice skating (though it was too packed to get in) Free pancakes at IHOP (delicious!) Free curly fries at Arby's (where I got a receipt for a free Arby's sandwich) and Free Zoo day at the Hogle Zoo! Of course we took advantage of that, even getting Hyrum out of school early to take the drive up to Salt Lake in the SNOW. Who would think the zoo could be fun in the snow? It was actually MORE fun because there was no one there and in Utah, where it does snow, there are lots of exhibits INdoors. A perfect day for the zoo!

Here are the boys by the elephant- sadly, the baby elephant doesn't come out in the cold... so there was one draw back of being there in the snow!

If I could pick any pet, this is what it would be- a giant kitty! I love the cougars and lions and tigers- I'll just take one of each to snuggle up with and listen to them purr!

We did get to see the baby giraffe on his skinny little wobbly legs- they are fascinating creatures!

We found out that Hyrum is as big as an adult female gorilla, and Weston is the size of a 'kid' gorilla. Guess that explains a lot about how they act! I should have left THEM in the zoo!

This is a horrible blurry picture but it was our favorite exhibit- the Orangutans family! When we first got there, the mom was sleeping in the corner, all wrapped up in a sheet. The dad was in a little hanging basket-nest with a sheet over his head like ET sleeping. The baby was swinging around by her feet, going rope to rope, making faces and playing peek-a-boo with us in the windows... Pretty soon the dad's sheet falls off his head so he gets up, swings like Tarzan on a vine down to where the mom is still snoozing where he picks her up and continues his swing around the whole room. Well, then she is mad so they wrestle around, meanwhile the baby is still showing off... Yep, we could have stayed there all day watching them like reality TV. :)

So, the moral of the story is- take advantage of FREE days because they just might be worth it!