What a great day! We headed off to the St. Louis for the kids’ first ever trip to the St. Louiz Zoo. The Zoo did not disappoint and it proved to be a fun day. We will definitely have to go back though soon because we did not get to see everything. That’s what happens when you have 90 acres to cover and only 6 hours to do it in. Special thanks to Grandma Marilyn for using her Zoo Pass for us. We definitely loved the Emerson Children’s Zoo, the Zooline Railroad, and the Carousel! John’s favorite part was riding the Zooline Railroad. He also LOVED Penguin & Puffin Coast. Laura’s favorite part was seeing a real live Lemur and she even picked out a Lemur stuffie from one of the Zoo’s gift shop. We got a lot of great pictures of the animals and us to, of course. Here we are as a family of Otters!
This is the “Big Beetle” statue outside the Insectarium. Both kids really enjoyed that part of the Zoo. They got to see all kinds of insects and the Butterfly House was a big hit. John was a little freaked out by all the butterflies flying all around, but he still thought they were very “pretty.”
Laura was very excited to see this beauty up close and personal. When we first saw the peacock, his tail was down. He’s a gorgeous bird either way! After wandering around the back of the bird house, we discovered him with his tail open as he was working to impress another bird. He stayed that way for a while and we got some beautiful pictures.
We walked as fast as we could to see the bear feeding at 4 pm. When we first went by the bear exhibits, Bert the Grizzly Bear was nowhere to be seen. He knows that he gets fed at 4 pm though and he was waiting for the Zoo Ranger. Bert is 21 years old and quite beautiful. He wasn’t very hungry though because he got a big shank bone for breakfast that day. He did sort of attempt to catch the oranges that the Ranger tossed to him, but the Ranger said that you could tell Bert wasn’t that hungry because he can catch anything tossed to him when he wants too.
All in all, it was a great day! We were all happy to get to our hotel for the night and eat dinner. We did a bit of swimming and then it was bed time. Tomorrow, it’s off to Meramec Caverns!
