One of the days we were in Minneapolis we went to the Como Park Zoo and Gardens. It is a donations only zoo in the heart of St Paul. Since it was wintertime -no snow just cold temps- most of the animals were in the inside habitats, and some were simply off viewing. (The birds exhibit was off viewing for example, and I am not even sure that the birds were in town and hadn't flown off to FL....) Some might think since they weren't outside that it wasn't as much fun to see the animals. Truth was though that it was actually nicer, cause most of the animals were up closer to us, though some of the exhibits were also a lot stinkier.
The monkeys were really cool..... we had nicknamed this baby monkey..... just take a guess what we named her.
The monkeys were really cool..... we had nicknamed this baby monkey..... just take a guess what we named her.
This is one of the exhibits that was stinky inside. Zebras though are one of the girls favorites, so it worked.
I think this is the kudus. They were in with the zebras and that giraffes.... so they most be semi close to the zebra family.
The big cats were still outside, as their fur coats still allowed them to deal with the weather.
Sometimes the big cats were a little hard to see as they would be on the other side of the big cages, but Savannah still enjoyed them.
A random Ram.... looks bored. or maybe it is wise.....
We went into a indoor aquarium building, and there were lots of fish, seals, ducks, etc.
I think this is the kudus. They were in with the zebras and that giraffes.... so they most be semi close to the zebra family.
The big cats were still outside, as their fur coats still allowed them to deal with the weather.
Sometimes the big cats were a little hard to see as they would be on the other side of the big cages, but Savannah still enjoyed them.
A random Ram.... looks bored. or maybe it is wise.....
We went into a indoor aquarium building, and there were lots of fish, seals, ducks, etc.
The girls love this part at our zoo too, and often reach out to try and touch the animals on the other side of the glass.
The seals were really active, and the girls thought it was great that they were playing with a plastic duck.
The seal even kept giving the girls kisses through the glass.
Towards the end of our visit to the zoo, we found this brass turtle in the plaza that the girls wanted to get a picture on. It was really cute, except that Savannah's hair kept falling in her face..... so we had to take lots of pictures to actually get a good one.
It was surrounded on all sides with bricks inscribed with the donors that help support the zoo and make it so inexpensive to the families that come to visit.
They had a kids discovery room too, over by the gardens, where the girls were suppose to decide what the different animals eat....
Zoe kept trying to make the zebra a Carnivore -meat eater........
Savannah found these books with different animals in it, for you to find them in the mural up on the wall.... I don't think she ever found them though....
This was by far the favorite part of the discovery center for the girls. By turning a wheel, it caused the "rain" to come, which then flowed through the rivers and streams to the lakes, before evaporating and causing rainclouds.....
Zoe just liked playing in the water with the toys.....
We had a great time at the zoo and gardens. We did go through the gardens too, but most of the pictures didn't turn out too well.....
The seals were really active, and the girls thought it was great that they were playing with a plastic duck.
The seal even kept giving the girls kisses through the glass.
Towards the end of our visit to the zoo, we found this brass turtle in the plaza that the girls wanted to get a picture on. It was really cute, except that Savannah's hair kept falling in her face..... so we had to take lots of pictures to actually get a good one.
It was surrounded on all sides with bricks inscribed with the donors that help support the zoo and make it so inexpensive to the families that come to visit.
They had a kids discovery room too, over by the gardens, where the girls were suppose to decide what the different animals eat....
Zoe kept trying to make the zebra a Carnivore -meat eater........
Savannah found these books with different animals in it, for you to find them in the mural up on the wall.... I don't think she ever found them though.... This was by far the favorite part of the discovery center for the girls. By turning a wheel, it caused the "rain" to come, which then flowed through the rivers and streams to the lakes, before evaporating and causing rainclouds.....
Zoe just liked playing in the water with the toys.....
We had a great time at the zoo and gardens. We did go through the gardens too, but most of the pictures didn't turn out too well.....
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