Amongst the other things we did for Mother’s Day, Ada talked the family into going to the zoo. We received a FOZ (Friends Of The Zoo) flyer in the mail last week and Ada picked it up off the kitchen table and said “Let’s go to the zoo”. So, FOZ should know that their advertising is working.
We decided to go to the Topeka Zoo this year as our trip to the Kansas City Zoo on Ada’s birthday last year left a little to be desired. The grounds at the KC Zoo were so large, but so many of the exhibits were closed that it seemed almost deserted. Melissa tried hyping it up by advocating the benefits of walking, of course then I would think she would like my favorite zoo which is the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, since the whole zoo is on the side of a mountain and so a lot of the walking is uphill.
The zoo trip was a success though, lots of animals seen with much less walking time and its closer and cheaper ticket cost as well. So, win-win-win.
This is a picture of Mac Jr. and Ada riding the wooden bear outside the black bear exhibit. The zoo has a black bear cam that allows you to see the bears live on the web.