After out lost boys slumber party we had to go on an adventure! Off to the Hogel zoo!
We were the first people in the park that day.
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We got to see the little giraffes come out that day.
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We got to see the lions sitting alert in the sun.
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What do you think that they are looking at?
COVID- haha, we just took the picture, no touching.
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My kiddos and the lions.
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These kids are getting so big!
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Cub prints.
Karen, in her elephant spot. She said she takes a picture here every time she comes.
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The pea fowl were out, and looking beautiful that morning.
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GORILLA!
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Another traditional photo stop.
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There were new animals at the zoo: Warthogs and Meerkats. (Well the meerkat enclosure is new, they were in another area of the zoo)
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My little Meerkat.
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These little cuties were one of the highlights of the day for me. They were so active and CUTE!
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We found another one!
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We came around the top of the park to the Asian cat area, and wow, the tiger was AWAKE!
So cool!
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Tiger pose!
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They had just fed a different tiger, they gave him a whole rabbit…he was eating it up.
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It was pretty gruesome.
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Moving on…to Mirah’s favorite animals, the seals.
(BUTT)
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It is so fun to watch them swim and swim right past the window.
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We just couldn’t get enough.
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No polar bears right now… they are out on loan to another zoo or something.
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SEAL!!
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Seal riders.
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These kids could not be slowed down!
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Otter-ly cute.
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Another active animal! The otters were swimming all over the place.
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The kids attempted a photo shoot by the rhino…
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It really didn’t work out.
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After some wondering AND discovering that they had CANCELLED the bird show we decided to take a ride on the carousel.
We found the PERFECT line of animals!
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A penguin. The animal Lucas wanted to see at the zoo that day, but that they don’t have.
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A seal Mirah’s favorite animal.
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And a wolf, Karen’s spirit animal.
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Cutie girlies.
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They even had an okapi! My favorite!
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Krysta stayed on solid ground,
We were off!
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(These little cuties always make me laugh)
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My favorite shot of the day.
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No elephants today.
The Small Animal enclosure was one of our favorite stops of the day.
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Krysta and Lucas…buddies for life.
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I found his head!
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There are three snakes on the left. And an Armadillo!!!
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WE found the red pandas. They were so cute. They look like Luna when she sleeps.
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We stopped for a snack and regroup
We felt like we had seen everything, so we started heading towards the exit, but not before saying hi again to those little cuties the Meerkats.
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THEN checking out the gorilla family! The baby!!!!!! What a freaking cutie pie!
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Headed out.
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We finally saw the warthogs.
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We took a long stop in the gift shoe where each kid got one item. Karen got a wolf toy. Lucas got a tiger’s tail, and Mirah got a new hat. I got a new bag. 🙂
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We saw this guy on the drive home and talked all about out favorite parts of the zoo.
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We sat and looked at picutres when we got home, we had a really great day.
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The puppies seemed to have a great time while we were gone.
Sometimes having your own little animals at home is even better than visiting crazy wild animals at the zoo.
