Weekend in Dallas, Part II: The Zoo

We went to the Dallas Zoo Sunday morning before heading back to Austin. When we got there, Spencer said he wanted to see skunks, unicorns and snarling leopards. We were 0 for 3 on those animals, but saw gorillas, cheetahs, chimps (including a toddler chimp!), giraffes, elephants and many more creatures. We even ate lunch in a restaurant that had a big window where four lions were sleeping and trying to stay cool in the heat. There was also an area where you could climb through a tunnel and then pop up into a dome inside a mongoose enclosure.

We saw something really funny happen during a bird show. The presenter pulled two volunteers up on stage to have a big owl fly right over their heads. When it was over she was distracting the volunteers by giving them a key chain or something. Meanwhile, someone opened a door to let a couple of chickens onto the stage. They came running over to where the women were and one of them was so startled that she fell into a big pool of water onstage trying to get away from the chickens. (It was not part of the act.) Spencer retold that story to me last night before bed so it made an impression on him, too.

Our boy slept the whole way back to Austin - he was plum tuckered out from our big weekend.