A Crowded Day at the Zoo

Dear Liza,

I went to the Zoo with Grandpa Nelson this weekend, and I have never seen it so busy! To celebrate the Season Opening, the Zoo was offering half price $12 tickets, and the place was packed with kids and their grown-ups.

Fortunately, the animals were also out, being social and interesting. Nora the Polar Bear was doing whatever this is, every now and then looking out to the crowd.

The new Amur Tiger “cubs” were out and about. They are brothers named Dmitri and Luka, each eighteen months old. They were MUCH bigger than I had imagined, and covered a lot of area stretching out in the sun. Grandpa Nelson would have brought one home if he could have.

Our couch might hold one of them, but there wouldn’t be any room for the rest of us!

The birds in the Aviary were active. This long-tailed What-cha-ma-callit was wandering through the crowd and not getting his feathers ruffled. I would have looked up its proper name, but the signs were covered in KIDS.

This other fellow was having his lunch and telling everyone what he thought of them.

Overall, it was a pleasant visit with our animal buddies. But sometimes, I think, too many people is just too many.

Love,

Grandma Judy