Zoo Night

We all headed up to the zoo this evening because they were having a special "late night" where gates didn't close until 9pm. It has been pouring all afternoon, and we hit a few showers on the way up, but by the time we got to the zoo it had just about stopped and warmed up to 70 degrees - perfect to run around without getting hot and the rain got rid of all the mosquitos (and people scared of getting wet).

We had a blast - the big kitties were prowling around, including the leopard and snow leopard (which we've NEVER seen moving before), they had a special birdshow with new jokes and hands-on helpers for the 40 of us that showed up, and when we rode the carousel there were only four others with us! We fed the birds while we ate dinner and pretty much did whatever because there was no one else to bother. Yes, that meant we had chimpanzees swinging from fences and zebras running down the paths chasing cougars, but the animals who were already asleep didn't seem to mind and we went home with very, very tired critters who slept the whole way home (except for Sada who couldn't stop talking until we put in a quiet music CD and told her to think instead of speak).