LA zoo

My Natural Science class is pretty much over. We are all working on websites and there is no need to meet. Our professor thought we should go on some field trips. (Hence the Griffith Observatory). This week, we went to the LA zoo. I'm sorry LA, but your zoo is LAME! Compared to Brookfield or Lincoln Park in Chicago, and the San Diego zoo, many pale in comparison. This zoo is just weird. Much of it is under construction and the rest is as easy to navigate as the Amazon Rainforest. (Thank you Natural Science 271). The hills are killer, especially if your dragging a wagon with two "freezing" children. ("Child, you don't KNOW cold. When I was little, we played outside for days and had to huddle in our little snow forts that we built from Ron Roesner's plowing piles for warmth"). The place is deserted, so it's hard to find help if you're, say, lost in the aviary surrounded by stairs when you're pulling kids in a wagon. We had fun though. Ben loved running down the hills, until I ran him over with the wagon with Lily in it. RAN HIM OVER!!! He recovered quickly, as usual. We ate lunch and found the kids from my class. We hung out with them for a little while and then headed home. Ben napped on the way home and we got back in time to see our new dishwasher installed. The rest of the night, Ben asked, "where's man? where's man? Tools??" Best show Ben ever watched!

Roar!!!!!

They did have flamingos, Lily's favorite animal. Ben saw them first and shouted, "Lily! Lily!"

Ben checking out the groundhogs from in their exhibit. Thanks Jen!

On the lame ass tram (that cost $4 per person) that ran around the park on the service road and just named off the exhibits on the inside. Gee, thanks. Ben loved it, of course!