1st Trip to the Zoo

We had our first family trip to the Oakland Zoo on Saturday and Alexya got to see all of her favorite animals up close and in real life. She loved the monkeys and the giraffes and the zebras and the tiger, but her favorites were the elephants, of course, and the lions! It was very very hot, but we went late in the day so it could have been worse. She still was super excited and making monkey and elephant noises. We actually bought a season pass so we can go anytime for free and they have all these rides that we didn't get to go on this time that we can ride free next time. I haven't been to the Zoo in forever and so it was actually fun for me too to see all the wild animals up close. It's a great Zoo with all of the animals closer than I had expected and happy...which I didn't expect either actually. The elephants were running around and the monkeys were rolling around and jumping through the trees and even the tigers took a swim and then went parading around the habitat coming like 5 feet away from where we were standing! The only ones that were out of it were the zebras and the lions (who were sleeping since it was so hot). I can't wait to go back so if anyone wants to join us just let me know! :)

A very happy chica on her way home from the Zoo!