At the Zoo

Although a couple of weeks have gone by, this is a post still begging to be recorded in this forum . . . if you want to peek in, you are most welcome!

The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle takes you through numerous themed,
wooded gardens or conservatories, allowing for the feel of a Borneo jungle,
 a tropical rain forest or an African Savanna . . . to name just a few.

I found the toucan birds and the weaver bird entertaining.
The one at the bottom left came right up to the glass as if to
show off his best side when he saw my camera.
The weaver bird was a busy little guy weaving his pear shaped nests
to show off to potential female partners.



Keeping us all on the same path was taken care of
by everyone looking out for each other

and some very eager map checkers in the group.

I think the favorite spot for the littlest ones was the penguin tank.

I can almost feel the excited shivers going through them as
they observed them, up close, though the glass.

Like I said . . . we had to keep going.

There were lots of big animals to look for . . .

jaguars, elephants, zebras, ostriches, grizzly bears, hippos, gorillas, orangutans . . .
to name some.

Usually not hard to spot.



The zebras were playing a silly game!
And I wonder . . . just how would you paint those stripes?

The path kept going . . .

A bug's world opened up to us . . .

and sometimes it just felt best to be on daddy's shoulders.

Nature themed playgrounds abounded . . .
there were "let's be crazy for Grammy" photos and "let's be nice" photos . . .
I chose the nice, but it was hard to choose.

  
We joined the grands for a pose.
Later, looking at the photo I kept checking . . .
and realized one little monkey is missing.

So here's one last shot
 . . . all accounted for . . .
 for the summer of  2013!