Trip to the zoo

Last Sunday afternoon we headed to the Peoria Zoo to explore their new Africa! exhibit. The weather was fabulous, sunny with a light breeze but not too hot. Evidently we were not the only ones who felt the zoo would be a good activity for the day as the line was really long to buy tickets. But we soon discovered if you bought a membership at the table outside you got instantly in...well guess what we are now zoo members! We had actually considered buying a membership anyway as we just need to go once more for it to pay for itself. The zoo wasn't as good as we expected it might be but it is definitely an approval. They did do a very nice job on the Africa! exhibit, they just need to add elephants. The giraffes were probably our favorite. After leaving the zoo we walked across to the Botanical Gardens. Then we ventured to a really large wooden playground, but just Logan and Emily played. It appears that our teenager Mason is no longer interested in such things. They are all growing up so fast! Of course there were lots of other people out enjoying the park. Kids were riding bikes, people having barbecues, people were walking their dogs and snakes...yes that is right. There was a man that walked down the sidewalk with an enormous snake around his neck!

Mason and Logan in the botanical gardens

Mason

The guy walking a snake