I've been wanting to go to this Zoo since we moved down here and I am so glad we finally made it up there! It is definitely a long trip up(1.5 hours) so we stayed the entire day out there. We left the house about 10am and didn't get home until 8:30pm. The kids were exhausted but they enjoyed being outside all day! We had a group of 9 including Gma Jo, Kaitlyn, Anyssa(Kaitlyn's Friend), Austin, Brentlee, Nash, Reagan, Bryson and I. It was also nice to have Gma Jo, Kaitlyn and Anyssa there to help with the kids :)
They say this Zoo is like having An African Experience because the animals you see here are the same things you would see in the wild in Africa. It was pretty cool to see all the different animals. We were all bummed because they didn't have Elephants!!! Oh well we still enjoyed it! And one of their biggest exhibits is the Albino Alligator(they actually have 2!). And I think the scariest thing we saw was in the Reptile House. There was a Boa Constricter(sp?) not in a cage! He was just chilling on a tree, scary! You never know when he could get up and move! And I almost forgot Reagan and Brentlee's favorite part of the Zoo, The Petting Zoo! They had some strange animals to pet like Llamas, Deer, Goats, Chickens, Turkey and Turtles.
The Aquarium was pretty sweet too! They have 2 touch tanks. In the 1st you were able to touch Star Fish, Sea Erchins and some other weird thing. In the 2nd you were able to touch Sting Rays! I didn't touch them but everyone else said they felt like a mushroom, weird! The Aquarium had tons of sea animals from fish to eels to sharks to lobster and many more!
This wasn't the Petting Zoo but he was so close they wanted to touch him
Giraffe, Feeding station in the background
Trying to find the baby Zebra. He's laying on the ground, hard to see.
Skyride with Aunt Katie. Brentlee and Anyssa were behind them.
Kangaroo :)
they had a blast together!
Packing up from lunch in the shade on the grass
So perty
Petting Zoo :) Deer
Loved the baby Goats
Reagan wasn't too sure about the turtles
Albino Alligator
and of course we had to ride the carousel!
This ride took you thru part of the Fish Aquarium and then up a hill and dropped down into the water. The girls weren't too sure about it.
Aquarium
Even Nash touched the Sting Rays!
She was SOO tired!
The best we could get with Gma Jo
he was so happy to be out of the stroller
haha trying to get a pic of all 4 kids. This is the best!
This is a long post, sorry! But we had a great time so we had to share with everyone especially Daddy!
