Zoo

1. Merry Go Round, 2. Merry Go Round, 3. So beloved, 4. Checking out the polar bears, 5. WHARRGARBL!, 6. WHARRGARBL!, 7. Baby Bird, 8. Little Gardener, 9. Bad Influence, 10. Pose, 11. Chillin' & Strollin', 12. Mom and daughter
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We had an annual membership to the local zoo, which is about to expire. It's been a while since we took Sasha, so we figured we'd better get out there. We've definitely got our money's worth out of the membership, but we had not been to the zoo since last summer. I don't think Sasha can remember back that far so it was all new to her again.
We had fun with the carousels, the children's zoo, the petting zoo, but the highlight of the trip was definitely the polar bears. They were really active! There was a male and female adult that were put together for some possible mating. For the most part, it looked like the male was chasing the female around, and the female was very evasive. In another polar bear enclosure, a young bear, the age of perhaps the equivalent of a teenager, was very playful. The zoo keeper was hosing the area down to get rid of the poop, debris, and stuff. The young bear was chasing the stream of water from the hose around. It leaped in the pool and was going nuts chasing that water around. It was so fun to watch!
The other cool exhibit that we enjoyed was at the Children's zoo. There was a greenhouse, and a bunch of spray bottles full of water. The kids could grab the spray bottles and run around and squirt the plants to water them. This exhibit might have just said "SASHA" on it, because that is so up her alley. We have a water sprayer in our house, and she loves that thing. So running around and squirting plants, she could have done for hours. Good fun.