Zoo

Yesterday after school we picked up Ben's friend Joesph and went to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, which according to Family Magazine is one of the top ten Children's Zoos in America (I may not be right about the magazine that ranked it).

We got there at about 4:00, which is when it closes. Fortunately, they let anyone who is there when they shut down wander around until 6:00. Hardly anyone was there, so we went to the brand new African Adventure, which is usually so crowded that you can hardly breath.

We got to get mere inches away from one of the hyenas, and the monkeys gave us quite a show, swinging from their ropes and leaping from one branch to the next. Jacob loved the leopard, which was sitting right next to the sheet of glass that separated it from us. But in my opinion, the best part of the whole trip was the giraffes!

One of the many great things about the new African exhibit is that you get to feed the giraffes! For $1 you can feed a piece of lettuce to an 18 foot tall giraffe. Jacob kept on saying, "Go for a ride," and pointed to the giraffe, but unfortunately going for a giraffe ride wasn't one of the new features. It was amazing, standing less than a foot away from a giraffe and putting lettuce onto its gigantic blue tongue.

Once we were finished with the giraffes, we started meandering on back to the parking lot, but not before passing the zebras, wildebeests, and. . . oh yeah, the Canadian geese. I thought it was funny that you could find geese poking around in the grass beside zebras and wildebeests.

Pictures (sigh), coming soon. By now I could say that in my sleep.