Zach, Holly, Andrew, and I all went to the zoo the Friday before we left. Shortly after we got there, we were joined by Ryan, Carmen, and Claudia.
This zoo was SO MUCH BETTER than the two zoos in DFW. The enclosures were awesome, and it was a really beautiful day outside, perfect zoo weather!
First, the four of us went through the Botanical Garden. It was really pretty, but there were too many bees flying around, making me uncomfortable, so I let the other three explore the rest by themselves while I poked around the gift shop inside.
We did get SOME pictures while I was out there, though.
We took some old pennies and put them in those machines to make botanical garden-related oval coins. Zach really got into turning the lever to flatten and imprint the pennies, hahaha.
We had just finished our first zoo "attraction" inside the actual zoo when Ryan got there with his family. We had been petting sharks! Well not me, but Zach, Holly, and Andrew weren't too freaked out by it.
The whole "sea creature" area was really neat!
The rest of the zoo was equally as awesome! My favorite exhibit? The KOMODO DRAGON! Even though there was only one in there, it was gorgeous, something I've wanted to see since we missed the Komodo Dragon exhibit at the Ft. Worth Zoo earlier this year.
It was great getting to go through parts with Ryan, Carmen, and Claudia as well. There were things there that were kid oriented: a playground, a farm animal section, and a trainride. So we let them go at their own pace for Claudia for parts of the trip since we had to leave by a certain time to make the reservation we had at St. Elmo's downtown (we took Zach and Holly out for their killer desserts!). It was great to be able to spend some time with them, though!
But my favorite part about the whole trip...had to be Zach's outfit. Well, the shoes, mostly. He thought he looked amazing, though, hahaha!
All in all, it was a great day! Thank you Ryan, Carmen, and Claudia for being a part of it!
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