zoo

The first really beautiful - dare I say - spring like Saturday was a good day for the zoo!  Many people agree with us, but luckily they don't all come early.  We skipped the over hour long wait to be crammed into the panda house to see the new panda cub, but we did see Bao Bao's mom outside.  The consolation prize was Pan-Aiden, Aiden with panda ears.  We ate our picnic lunch right next to the orangutan's cruising the line overhead.  When we visited them in the ape house they seemed tuckered out, so one guy made a nest and even got a piece of cardboard to cover his eyes from the light.  Smart!  We got up close and personal with some meerkats and birds, found the cheetahs hiding in the grass, and watched the elephants scratching their backs.  It was nap time in the car for our youngest monkeys after that!