We all LOVE going to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo!! So after grabbing coffee to go and Subway sandwiches to go (3 foot longs and 6 cookies for $11.56 - can't beat that!!!) we all headed to the zoo except for Glenn who worked!! I drove down separately as the Keppy's would be heading back to Denver after the zoo!!
It was pretty cool out - in fact I had a fleece sweater on and opted to run back to the car to get a coat to put over that!! It was overcast out BUT the zoo was basically empty - with the cooler weather and kids in school, we only shared the zoo with a few moms and some pre-schoolers!!!
The first stop of course is the giraffe complex which is MY favorite!!! It's always fun to feed the giraffes their lettuce leaves (even though crackers used to be the item)!
It always amazes me how LONG their tongues are!!! It's quite comical of course and Evan thought the tongues were pretty disgusting looking - Kenzie would hardly feed the giraffe after that long tongue came out!!!
The bird pavilion is always a favorite too and since it was early morning, they were flying around like crazy and couldn't wait to eat!!! With one on Evan's shoulder and another one about to land on his head, he jumped pretty fast when that 2nd one landed!!
Blogger conveniently mixes all the pictures up so we're back to the giraffe complex - I love this picture of most of them standing around!
The birds even started pecking at my shoestrings!!
The zoo has a new elephant complex and it's wonderful!!! They were building it when we were there at Christmas time with the Smiths and now it's almost complete!!
A favorite spot to take a picture and we always take pics of the grand kids here!!
A group picture that a man was nice enough to take of us!! Notice NO LINES to get in!!
This is the playground where the kids played awhile - we ate lunch nearby in the sunshine - those subs sure tasted good!!!
One of the great things about going to the zoo in the morning when it's cool out is that all the animals are out!! We saw animals we had never seen before because they're usually hiding but most all of them were out in the open!! It was fun to see the mountain lions up close!!
The other nice thing about this zoo is that it's not a huge zoo - you can easily cover it in 1/2 day, even taking your time so it's a great place to take small kids who usually only last that long anyway!!
After the zoo, we drove up to the Will Rogers Shrine as your ticket to the zoo includes this also - I hadn't been up there in years and it's a pretty drive up!! We went to the memorial and marveled at how far you could see!!!
What a jam packed wonderful couple of days we had with Gary, Jessi and the kids!! Now don't forget to come back!!!
3 comments:
I'm pretty sure it will go down in the books as the BEST ZOO DAY EVER! I still can't believe how long that particular giraffe's tongue was! And the amazing deal we got at Subway! So glad we got to spend it all with YOU!
Looks like a great zoo - I love going to zoos. I finally got to the Grand Rapids zoo last summer when the grandkids were here and it was fun but not near as great as yours!
I remember going to that zoo with either Cheryl or Carol when I was small many many years ago - what a fun day and that pic of the giraffe's tongue - ewww.......
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