Zoo Know What? It's Hot!

It's been quite a while since I last blogged. Lori has been standing in nicely and she's done a great job with the last couple of posts. I am now however ready to return to the ring, and I'm looking forward to going a couple of rounds with keyboard.

Like I said in an earlier blog, it's been really hot lately. AFRICA HOT! Since we were already suffering the Serengeti like conditions, we figured what the hey, and decided to add the proper animals to the mix to make our Safari experience truly authentic. So, Wednesday morning, we loaded up the CX-9 bright and early and we headed West to the Ft. Worth Zoo.

The drive was not too bad even though the zoo is a good 50 miles from our house. We made it there in less than an hour, which was plenty of time for my three passengers to have a little siesta on the way. Not me though, oh no no no, I got to drive and stay awake........all by myself. Although it was only 10:45am by the time we arrived, it already felt like Prometheus had made a personal visit to the area. It was stinking hot, and just getting the jog stroller out of the back of the Mazda produced the days first sweat. Oh Joy! As I was getting out the stroller, Southside Johnny Cool stepped out of the ride, raring to go.


Once inside, one would think that all of the trees would provide plenty of shade, and make the visit much more pleasant. Yes, one would think that....except in this case, they would be wrong. You see, when it's 99 degrees at 11:00 in the morning, that temperature is taken in the shade. Yes, the same type of shade that the zoo's trees provide. So it's still stinking hot, except, these big beautiful tress all around block any and every wisp of wind from reaching human levels. Oh the tops of the tress blow..........back and forth.........taunting you.........as if their saying "Hey there little man, sure is a nice breeze today huh"? Grrrrrrrrrr..... There was no breeze, and after the first 30 minutes, I looked like a contestant in a wet t-shirt contest. "Must find Icee" was suddenly my battle cry, and we set out with a purpose.

While looking for our Icee, we did manage to see quite a few animals. Christopher and Aidan both got a real rush from seeing the animals in their natural habitat, and zoo's always make me feel young. Here are some of the pictures that I took of the animals.


"Wow, did you see that gorilla mom"?

Note to self: Don't mess with lions! Got it.

We made it to the bird sanctuary, and Lori and Christopher went in, while Aidan and I stayed out and searched for our frozen Grail.

Christopher did not know what to think with that bird being so close, but he did know that he wanted to grab it. Luckily, Lori was quick enough to keep Christopher at bay, and we did not have any unfortunate bird incidents.

Aidan and I were finally able to locate our frozen salvation, and let me tell you, it was just in the nick of time.


After smiting the heat by downing our arctic beverages, we were indeed cooler, and the rest of our zoo visit was much more tolerable. Before we left, we were able to get one family picture. Here we are in Texas Town sitting in a real stagecoach.


Yep, it was hot in there too.

All in all a fun trip, well as fun as walking in a furnace with animals laughing at you can be. Laughing you say? I know good and well, if they could speak, they would be saying something like this: "Ummmmmm.....it's a 100+ degress outside. We're locked in, what's your excuse"?

William

PS. We traveled to Grandma's house last weekend, and I should have new pictures, movies, and stories posted by the end of the week.