So there are 2 zoo's in Chicago. One is free and the other is one you have to pay for...unless of course you have a free "museum" pass, which we did so we went on Saturday. (I think I have mentioned this before, but the library here has free passes to the museums, zoo, aquarium, and planetarium that you can check out one at a time...you just have to catch them when they are checked in). We had to pay for parking, but I figured it was worth it right. Right! And then we get to the zoo, an realize that once you are there if you want to see the "extra" exhibits you have to pay for them on top of general admission!!! That was a little disturbing for us. For example there was a dolphin show, but it cost $5 a person to see that, or the family zoo, was another $5 and then there was the children's zoo. So we decided that since we are on a budget we would just see what was available to us with the general admission.
It turned out fine. We saw all the animals we wanted to see, got some suntans along the way, (yes Kambria and I put sunscreen on, but even with that I got a little sun yeah!) and Kambria had a blast.
What a shot huh? This is how the giraffes were eating off the ground. It as quite the site!
The hippo...
The rhino...
The elephant skull. It showed diagrams of the different anatomy of the skull. Quite interesting actually. And it was a BIG skull too!
Here is what the "skull"would look like alive. ha ha
The hippo...
The rhino...
The elephant skull. It showed diagrams of the different anatomy of the skull. Quite interesting actually. And it was a BIG skull too!
Here is what the "skull"would look like alive. ha ha
Kambria and I by the gorilla...which Kambria was scared of, partially because I told her she had to hold my hand or the animals would get her. I know not the nicest thing to do, but she stayed close by me. So we did not get her smiling by the fake gorilla, but she did not run away from us!
Here is Bryan "wearing" a gorilla sized shirt! It was pretty big.
The brown bear lounging in the pool. It was a hot day.
The lion was lounging too. All the animals seemed like they were enjoying the sun and just lounging in it.
They even had a little playground inside the zoo...that you didn't have to pay extra for. ;o) So Kambria had fun playing on that too.
So we enjoyed our trip to the zoo, especially since it was 'free.'
Here is Bryan "wearing" a gorilla sized shirt! It was pretty big.
The brown bear lounging in the pool. It was a hot day.
The lion was lounging too. All the animals seemed like they were enjoying the sun and just lounging in it.
They even had a little playground inside the zoo...that you didn't have to pay extra for. ;o) So Kambria had fun playing on that too.
So we enjoyed our trip to the zoo, especially since it was 'free.'
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