Monday, June 13, 2011

Jacksonville Zoo

What to do on our first day of summer vacation...stay home and relax? Not us, we headed to the zoo. It was $2 admission day, so we decided to take advantage. We got there early since we knew it would be a hot day. The elephant was really neat to watch while he was eating and drinking the water. Not the best picture because Aubrey said the sun was in her eyes.

Aubrey feeding the giraffe. She did really well and was not scared at all. Ethan opted out for some reason.



The best part of the day was the Shave Ice. This was the whole reason Ethan was excited about going to the zoo. He remembered these from when Derek took him a couple of years ago.

We watched the penguin feeding and learned something new about penguins. Did you know that you can not physically tell if a penguin is male or female? A blood test is the only way to know. That was my "learn something new each day" moment today. The kids really liked the monkeys, but I did not get any pictures of them.

We had a nice time and stayed for a couple of hours before it was way too hot. The temperature in our car on the way home was 95.

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