Fun with Friends at the Zoo

Our friend, Linds@y moved to the OMA/CB area, so we went up to see her new place and to visit the zoo on a brisk fall day!

The first stop is always the bronze lions right inside the entrance!


Z0ie loves going into the big 'bubble' (aka the Des/ert Dom/e), but she had to move this big boulder as we walked...she's so strong!


Next she took some time to see what it might feel like to have the whole world in her hand...hahaha!


Some great pics from inside "the bubble"...





Because we have a zoo membership, we've stopped trying to make it around the entire zoo, seeing everything in detail...it is so much better for us this way! We decided on this go around to check out the Big Cats, Gorillas and whatever else we meandered upon.

I love the tigers...it's hard to believe the damage they can do, but I definitely wouldn't want to mess with them! I hate when animals are in cages, but if they wouldn't make it in the wild and are well cared for, I understand the need. Hope they're able to attend the wound on the big lion's tail!






Ah...the ever entertaining primates! Z was totally into the 'bubble' windows they have..at times oblivious that there were gorillas right behind her! We also saw the baby boy gorilla who was born a few months ago...so ugly he's cute!










We saw some bears, birds and bees, too. Boy, did we ever see bees! It seemed like no matter where we were or what we were doing, there was a bee buzzin around one or all of us! It was driving us crazy!




We missed out on the $kyfari as it closed before we realized what time it was (2nd time that's happened to us!), but we did wrap up our visit with some meditative time in the "Garden of the Senses," where Z had fun on the different statuettes they have there (and where we saw MORE bees!). Z couldn't overcome the temptation to pic a couple of little flowers...I tried to relay to her that we didn't do that, but how do you sound convincing when she looks so dang cute doing it?! Agh!











We look forward to more fun visits to our wonderful zoo...it's always such a nice time there. I have to say though, that as we were there near closing on a cooler day, it WAS almost a tad eerie walking through the zoo and not seeing other humans for a little ways...I felt like the animals were just biding their time! Ha!

Channeling Dolly Parton

I introduced Zoie to that song "Chicken Fried" by the Zac Brown Band...and she liked it! Even more than that, she LOVES to sing the song...so I found her wig from last Halloween and, as she told her Grandma, she's "gonna be on America's Got Talent!" Here's her first go at the song:


We 'rehearsed' a tad bit more then tried it again and she really was a shining little star...look out Grand Ol' Opry!


Indie even got into the act!

A Quick Trip to the Zoo