Z is for Zoo

Earlier this year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day coincided with the Free Day at the Denver Zoo. We took the kids and even though this free day landed on a holiday and the Zoo was PACKED, we had an excellent time! There were several hundred people and everyone acted kind and patient and courteous to each other.

I didn't get pictures of the grizzly bears wrestling but I did get a few other pic's.

I got a good shot of the kick-back Asian Black Bears...


And the kick-back boys on front of the kick-back bears...

(Excuse the crazy faces here, they were looking into the sun)

We got to see them feed the tiger...

They put the tiger away and then a woman with a 10 lb. chub of burger walked around the area leaving chunks here and there. It took the tiger about 15 minutes to find them. It was like his own private egg hunt!

Davis wanted to pretend he was a baby gorilla on the gorilla statue...


About a month after the Zoo, we took the boys to the free day at the Natural Museum. The boys got to play scientist...

We spent most of our time in the outer space section....

This "dinosaur" was a big hit...

If you look at the dinosaur's feet, you'll see two legs and if you follow them up, you'll see the man who is the amazing puppet master of this creative beasty...

Both of these outings reminded us of what terrible parents we are! Both times we didn't think to bring any water or snacks and both times we were at these places for over FIVE hours each! We were all starving and grumpy by the time we left but we quickly found burger joints and all in all they were wonderful, fun days.

Lovin' the free, Ruth!